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Lot 292
SMITH, BUCKINGHAM, editor Rudo Ensayo, tentativa de una Prevencional Descripcíon Geographica de la Provincia de Sonora, sus ter...
Florida: St. Augustine [but actually Munsell, Albany N.Y.], 1863. One of 160 copies. Later blue buckram, red morocco lettering piece, original wrappers bound in. 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (21 x 17 cm); x, 208 pp. Boards stained, wrapper torn but complete, the Jay Snider copy with booklabel; Together with SMITH, BUCKINGHAM; editor. Coleccion de Varios Documentos para la Historia de la Florida y Tierras Adyacentes. London: Trubner, [Madrid 1857 per copyright]. Volume I (all published, one of 500 copies). Original wrappers. Upper wrapper detached, an unopened copy; And SMITH, BUCKINGHAM. Relation of Alvar Nunez Cabeca de Vaca. New York: 1871. First edition, one of 100 copies. Original cloth, housed in a cloth case. Cover and prelims detached and spotted, other wear.
Of the first work: "The unknown author of this authoritative account of Sonora is thought to have been a Jesuit missionary named Juan Nentuig who reached Sonora in 1750. From a reference on p. 196 it must have been written as late as November 21, 1762. Nentuig remained until the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767. The false imprint of Saint Augustine, Florida, on the title derives from Buckingham Smith's pride in his home town" (Streeter I: 501). Field 1430; Howes S-578; Munk p. 83; Sabin 73899. This copy sold in The Jay T. Snider Collection of Historical Americana, Christie's New York, 21 June 2005, lot 303.
Of the second work "Among the 33 documents assembled are many of the highest importance on De Soto, Coronado, Cabrillo and other early explorers in the southern portions of the present Republic, from the Atlantic to the Pacific"- Howes S576; Sabin 84379. The lot 3 items.
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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