SELECTED LETTERS ABOUT LOWER CALIFORNIA: Translated and Annotated by Ernest J. Burrus, S.J.
by Salvatierra, Juan Maria de
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 087093225X
- ISBN 13
- 9780870932250
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited to 600 copies. Salvatierra (1648-1717) founded the missions at Loreto in Baja California, establishing the Spanish presence on the California peninsula. He eventually founded five missions and was appointed Provincial of the entire Jesuit order in New Spain. Volume 25 in the Baja California Travels Series, edited by Edwin Carpenter and Glen Dawson. Octavo: 279 p. with a frontispiece portrait and 6 textual illustrations. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76395
- Title
- SELECTED LETTERS ABOUT LOWER CALIFORNIA: Translated and Annotated by Ernest J. Burrus, S.J.
- Author
- Salvatierra, Juan Maria de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 087093225X
- ISBN 13
- 9780870932250
- Publisher
- Dawson's Book Shop
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Mexico, Baja California, Mexican History, Travel
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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