Historical Memoirs of New California (4 volumes; Signed)
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1926. 1st. Original Cloth. Four volume set. Octavo. (xix), 331 pages; (xii), 390; (xi), 399; (xiv), 446 pages. Maps, some folding; plates and facsimiles; index and appendices of Palou"s correspondence in last volume. Navy blue ribbed cloth with gilt spine lettering. SIGNED by Bolton in Volume III. A near fine set (faint mark from label removal on lower spines of Volumes I & II; small spots on rear board of Vol II; minor wear to extremities). Mild wear and corner bumps, very light white mark on spine and back cover of volume 4 otherwise very good plus. Item #10081
The first English translation of Palóu’s Noticias de la Nueva California, the first general history of the founding of Alta California and has the distinction of being a record composed by an eye-witness, for Paulou came with Padre Serra to California. (Cowan, p. 471, Howes P55).
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