A NATURAL AND CIVIL HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA: Containing an accurate description of that Country, Its Soil, Mountains, Harbours, Lakes, Rivers, and Seas; Its Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, and Famous Fishery for Pearls. The Customs of the Inhabitants, Their Religion, Government, and Manner of Living Before Their Conversion the Christian Religion by the Missionary Jesuits. Together With Accounts of Several Voyages and Attempts Made For Settling California, and Taking Actual Surveys of that Country, Its Gulf, and Coast of the South Sea. Translated From the Original Spanish of Miguel Venegas, a Mexican Jesuit, Published in Madrid 1758

For James Rivington and James Fletcher, 1759

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Year of publication

1759

Place of printing

London

Author

Venegas

Publishers

For James Rivington and James Fletcher

Edition

THE VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, preceding the French

First edition

Yes

Description

2 volumes. First Edition in English and the first translation of this work out of Spanish. With a large folding map of California based on the Jesuit map and eight illustrations on four copper-engraved plates. Note that very often, there are only 2 copper plates and occasionally even fewer found in copies of the book. 8vo (195mm x 125mm ), handsomely bound in antique three-quarter blue morocco over marbled paper covered boards, the joins tooled in gilt, the spines with raised bands gilt decorated, the compartments with gilt rolled tooling at the borders, two compartments lettered in gilt. [20], 455; [8], 387 pp. A handsome, clean and pleasing copy of this highly important work. The bindings in pleasing condition, the large folding map in good order, a bit of the typical mellowing to the paper caused by time, an unpressed and crisp copy of this important book.