Palou's Historical Memoirs of New California
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Author: Palóu, Fray Francisco
Title: Historical Memoirs of New California
Place Published: Berkeley, California
Publisher:University of California Press
Date Published: 1926
Description:
Author: Palóu, Fray Francisco
Title: Historical Memoirs of New California
Place Published: Berkeley, California
Publisher:University of California Press
Date Published: 1926
Description:
4 volumes. Translated into English from the Manuscript in the Archives of Mexico. Edited by Herbert Eugene Bolton. Plates from old paintings and other sources; numerous maps. (8vo) original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition in English.
Compiled before 1784 by Palóu from diaries, correspondence, and other primary sources, including accounts of the expeditions of Portola, Fathers Serra and Crespi, and others, the Noticias was first published in Mexico City in 1856 as part of an extensive historical series. The first separate edition was published in San Francisco in 1874, in Spanish. Cowan p.471; Howes P55.
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Some wear and rubbing to bindings; owner's signature on front pastedown of vol. 1; very good.
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