The Memorial of Fray Alonso De Benavides 1630
by Benavides, Alonso De, Mrs Edward E Ayer (translator)
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About This Item
Privately Printed, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Translated by Mrs. Edward E. Ayer, annotated by Frederick Webb Hodge and Charles Fletcher Lummis, the text of the volume consists of a facsimile of the 1630 Spanish edition, plus translation, plus the annotations by Hodge and Lummis, three quarter brown cloth over lighter tan cloth, gilt title to spine, top edge gilt, printed on hand-made paper deckled edges, xiii, 309 pages, illustrated with photogravures, 23 by Charles Fletcher Lummis, 18 by Adam Clark Vroman, 1 by John K. Hilliers, i, uncredited, plus illustrations of 4 title-pages and two inscriptions, limited to 300 copies, this is copy 286 which is signed and inscribed by the photographer Charles Lummis "To Charlie ? Chilberg with love best wishes This Classic of the Southwest Chas. F. Lummis- Oct 19 1921 ", light soiling and edge wear to covers, bookplate of Mable Lewis Chilberg on ffep, minor browning and offsetting with plates.
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- Title
- The Memorial of Fray Alonso De Benavides 1630
- Author
- Benavides, Alonso De, Mrs Edward E Ayer (translator)
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Privately Printed
- Date Published
- 1916
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- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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