Sale 694: Rare Books & Manuscripts at the Pasadena Book Fair (#694) 02/06/2020 10:00 AM PST CLOSED!

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Lot 110 of 168:
Early accounts of California & Nootka incident, 1799  

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Title:
El viagero universal, o noticia del mundo antiguo y nuevo... Tomo XXVI

Author:
Estala, Pedro

Place:
Madrid

Publisher:
Imprenta de Villapando

Date:
1799

Description:

384 pp. (8vo) 17x10.5 cm (6¾x4"), period calf, spine gilt, morocco lettering pieces.

One volume of a 43 volume set, but quite important in itself. This 26th volume contains, on pages 157-169, what is according to Bancroft the first account of the Nootka incident to reach Europe. This volume also comprises "one of the most complete accounts [of California] from this period, with good descriptions of Alta California, the Gulf of California, and the Indians and missions of Alta and Baja California" - Hill 572. Sabin 99403


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Condition:
Light rubbing to covers; worming to gutter margins of first 50 or so pages, some light dampstaining; very good.


 
Item number:
308463
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