Item #20500 The Architectural History of Mission San Carlos Borromeo (INSCRIBED by the author to Rev. Father Zephyrin Engelhardt). Frances Rand Smith.
The Architectural History of Mission San Carlos Borromeo (INSCRIBED by the author to Rev. Father Zephyrin Engelhardt)

The Architectural History of Mission San Carlos Borromeo (INSCRIBED by the author to Rev. Father Zephyrin Engelhardt)

Berkeley: California Historical Survey Commission, 1921. First Edition. 8vo. 81 pp. Illustrations; fold-out plan of Mission San Carlos. Editor's Preface by Owen C. Coy. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Minor wear; offsetting to endpapers; two stamps (one faint) for the Old Mission in Santa Barbara; else a near fine copy with a unique association. Zephyrin Engelhardt, O.F.M., (1851–1934) was a German-born Roman Catholic priest and clerical historian of the Franciscan Order. Engelhardt, known as the "Father of Mission History," compiled extensive histories of the twenty-one Spanish missions in Alta California as well as other Franciscan settlements in Baja California and Arizona during the first decades of the 20th century. Engelhardt's work is today considered to be the standard authority regarding California mission history. He also worked with the Pomo Native Americans of Northern California and compiled the vocabulary of their language. Item #20500

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