Title: Diary of the Alarcón Expedition into Texas, 1718-1719 Author: Céliz, Fray Francisco Place: Los Angeles Publisher: Quivira Society Date: 1935 Description: [12], 110, [2], 52, 111-124 pp. Translated by Fritz Leo Hoffman. Illustrated With 8 collotype plates from photographs (most by Earl R. Forrest) & 2 maps (1 folding). (8vo), cloth-backed boards, gilt cover emblem, spine lettered in gilt. No. 13 of 100 copies of the facsimile edition. First Edition. Signed by Hoffman on the limitation-page. Quivira Society Publications, Vol. V. The Celiz diary records the founding of the town of San Antonio and the mission of the Alamo, known then as Bejar and San Antonio de Valero. It also reports on the expedition through the interior of Texas to the Spanish missions deep in eastern Texas and Louisiana. Lost for two centuries, the manuscript, which is reproduced here in facsimile in its entirety, was found in the Mexican National Archives in 1933. Howes C254; Jenkins 29; Rader 643. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear and soiling to binding, light rubbing to spine; small number in pen on front pastedown, small ownership label on front free endpaper as well as glue residue from the removal of library pocket; else a solid copy; very good. Item number: 289519
Title: Diary of the Alarcón Expedition into Texas, 1718-1719 Author: Céliz, Fray Francisco Place: Los Angeles Publisher: Quivira Society Date: 1935 Description: [12], 110, [2], 52, 111-124 pp. Translated by Fritz Leo Hoffman. Illustrated With 8 collotype plates from photographs (most by Earl R. Forrest) & 2 maps (1 folding). (8vo), cloth-backed boards, gilt cover emblem, spine lettered in gilt. No. 13 of 100 copies of the facsimile edition. First Edition. Signed by Hoffman on the limitation-page. Quivira Society Publications, Vol. V. The Celiz diary records the founding of the town of San Antonio and the mission of the Alamo, known then as Bejar and San Antonio de Valero. It also reports on the expedition through the interior of Texas to the Spanish missions deep in eastern Texas and Louisiana. Lost for two centuries, the manuscript, which is reproduced here in facsimile in its entirety, was found in the Mexican National Archives in 1933. Howes C254; Jenkins 29; Rader 643. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear and soiling to binding, light rubbing to spine; small number in pen on front pastedown, small ownership label on front free endpaper as well as glue residue from the removal of library pocket; else a solid copy; very good. Item number: 289519
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