Kino's Historical Memoirs of Pimeria Alta
Item #42077
[BOLTON, Herbert, trans. & ed.] Kino's Historical Memoir of Pimeria Alta: A Contemporary Account of the Beginnings of California, Sonora, and Arizona, by Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, S.J., Pioneer Missionary Explorer, Cartographer, and Ranchman, 1683-1711. Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1919. Two volumes. 379; 329pp. including maps and plates. Frontispieces. Original red cloth, gilt-stamped spines, t.e.g. Fine. Howes K-169. Clark & Brunet 139. Adams Herd 1282. One of 500 sets bound for the Arthur H. Clark Company. One of the most basic narratives of early discovery and exploration in the Southwest. Kino's narrative spans the period 1683-1711, and includes narratives of explorations in Arizona, around the Gulf of California, and in California itself. "First publication of the original Jesuit manuscript; of grave value on the early southwest" - Howes. The third and fourth volumes in the "Spain in the West" series.
Price: $850.00