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(CALIFORNIA.) Venegas, Miguel.
A natural and civil history of California.
Folding map, 4 plates. [20], 455; [8], 387 pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, later
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calf, minor wear;
hinges split; frontispiece detached, map repaired and laid down on cloth, minor foxing;
small inked “MM” stamps on verso of titles and pages 52.
London: Rivington and Fletcher, 1759
[1,500/2,500]
First edition in English of the first history of California (see above). Cowan 1933, page 658;
Howes V69 (“b”); Palau 358390; Sabin 98845; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 132a.
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(CALIFORNIA.) Venegas, Miguel.
Histoire naturelle et civile de la Californie.
Folding map. [2], xxiv, 360; viii, 375; viii, 354, [2] pages. 3 volumes. 12mo, moderate wear;
small inked library stamps on half-titles, bookplates removed from front pastedowns, small
inked “MM” stamps on verso of titles, map, and page 52.
Paris: Durand, 1767
[700/1,000]
First French edition of the above. Cowan 1933, page 657-8; Howes V69 (“aa”); Palau
358389; Sabin 98843; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 132b (“a rather precise translation”).
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(CALIFORNIA.) Venegas, Miguel.
Natuurlyke en burgerlyke historie van
California.
Folding map, frontispiece plate. [22], 436, [6], 375 pages. 2 volumes in one.
8vo, contemporary calf, minor wear; minimal dampstaining.
Haarlem: Enschedé, 1761-62
[700/1,000]
First Dutch edition of the above. Cowan 1933, page 658-9; Howes V69; Palau 358391;
Sabin 98847; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 132d.
WITH
—the first German edition,
Naturliche und bürgerliche geschichte von Californien. 3 volumes in one. 4to, contemporary
calf, worn; lacks map; library markings. Lemgo, Germany, 1769-70.
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