[Rarebooks] FS: 1887 reprint of Ortega's important 1754 account of missionary activity in Spanish California

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MEXICO) Ortega, Jose. HISTORIA DEL NAYARIT, Sonora, Sinaloa y Ambas Californias. Que con la Titulo de "Apostolicos Afanes de la Compania de Jesus, en la America Septentrional," se Publico Anonima en Barcelona el Ano de 1754. Mexico: E. Abadiano. 1887. 8vo. xii,564,vipp. Cont. marbled calf, black morocco spine label.             $450.00 (trade discount allowed)
Important missionary account by Ortega (1700-1768) which includes activity in Alta and Baja California, here reprinted in 1887. Barrett BAJA #1919; Howes O127; Palau 204880; Wagner. SPANISH SOUTHWEST 407-10.

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