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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BAJA CALIFORNIA: Translated by Froylan Tiscareno,

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BAJA CALIFORNIA: Translated by Froylan Tiscareno, Introduction by Miguel Leon-Portilla, Notes by Annetta Carter, Miguel Leon-Portilla, W. Michael Mathes Hardcover - 1980

by Barco, Miguel del, S.J

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Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 600 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. "The work published herein remained in manuscript for nearly two centuries, despite its fundamental importance for the history of Baja California. It is the product of the Jesuit Miguel del Barco, who spent thirty years of his life there, and includes an ample natural history, much ethnologic and linguistic information, and a chronicle of missionary activity in Baja California." Volume 43 in the Baja California Travels Series. Octavo: 298 p. with a frontispiece and textual illustrations. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.
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  • Title THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BAJA CALIFORNIA: Translated by Froylan Tiscareno, Introduction by Miguel Leon-Portilla, Notes by Annetta Carter, Miguel Leon-Portilla, W. Michael Mathes
  • Author Barco, Miguel del, S.J
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 298
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles
  • Date 1980
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 76960
  • ISBN 9780870932434 / 0870932438
  • Library of Congress subjects Natural history - Mexico - Baja California, Baja California (Mexico: Peninsula) -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 79053611
  • Dewey Decimal Code 574.972

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