Venegas | A Natural and Civil History of California, 1759, 2 volumes

PROPERTY OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SANDYS TRUST, LOTS 109-122

VENEGAS, MIGUEL

A Natural and Civil History of California. London: printed for James Rivington and James Fletcher, 1759

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 8vo (203 x 119mm.), folding engraved map and 4 plates, contemporary half calf, minor browning, slightly rubbed with minor loss to spine heads

The first attempt at a history of California.

LITERATURE:

Sabin 98845; Cowan & Cowan p.658; Howes V69

PROVENANCE:

Lord Sandys, armorial bookplate (probably Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, 1695-1770)