[Rarebooks] FS: Rare 1816 book on the Jesuits in Baja, in fine cont. Mexican gilt tooled binding

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(BAJA CALIFORNIA) San Salvador, Augustin Pomposo Fernandez de. LOS JESUITAS QUITATOS Y RESTITUIDOS AL MUNDO. HISTORIA DE LA ANTIGUA CALIFORNIA. Mexico City: Mariano Ontiveros. 1816. 16mo. 128,179-213,(11)pp. All copies with this gap in pagination, the text is complete. A beautiful copy in ornately gilt tooled cont. mottled calf, morocco spine label.    $650.00 (trade discount allowed)
A lovely and rare little book on the Jesuits in Baja California, and includes the story of Padre Allegro, previously unpublished. The author's name sometimes appears as "Fernandez de San Salvador" (as in Medina #11174), and Barrett. BAJA CALIFORNIA #839. Howes S78. Sabin 24147.

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