Lot 771
  • 771

Salazar Ylarregui, Jose

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description

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Datos de los Trabajos Astronómicos y Topográficos, Dispuestos en Forma de Diario. Mexico: Juan R. Navarro, 1850



8vo (9 x 6 in.; 228 x 152 mm). Two folding maps; some foxing, some minor worming in upper margins affecting a few letters and upper margins of maps. Contemporary quarter leather over embossed cloth, spine gilt, speckled edges, brown cloth folding-case.

Literature

Graff 3652; Howes S47; Sabin 75598; Streeter sale 2648; Wagner-Camp 190

Catalogue Note

"The first detailed printed account" (Streeter) of San Diego and the confluence of the Gila and Colorado rivers, which Salazar visited as surveyor for the Mexican border commission.