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(MEXICO.) Pérez de Ribas, Andrés.
Historia de los triumphos de Nuestra
Santa Fee entre gentes las mas barbaras, y fieras del Nuevo Orbe.
[40], 763, [1]
pages. Folio, contemporary vellum, moderate wear; minor dampstaining, minor foxing,
moderate worming, repair to final leaf with loss of a few words; marca de fuego on top
edge, small inked “MM” stamps on verso of title and page 52.
Madrid: Paredes, 1645
[4,000/6,000]
FIRST EDITION
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One of the fundamental sources for the history of the Jesuit missions in
Sinaloa, with several references to California and Florida. Of particular interest is Chapter XII
of Book VII, which includes an account of Don Pedro Porter y Casanate’s voyage along the
California coast, and the text of Fr. Jacinto Cortes’ letter describing his unintentional visit to
the “islas de Californias” in 1642, with an important description of the local Indians.
European Americana 645/96; Medina, BHA 1083; Palau 222254; Sabin 60895; Wagner,
Spanish Southwest 43. None known at auction since 1986.