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Venegas, Miguel (1680-1764) A Natural and Civil History of California. London: for James Rivington & James Fletcher, 1759. First edition in English, two octavo volumes, illustrated with four full page engravings (two mounted as frontispieces in each) and folding map of California, bound in contemporary boards, rebacked, I: A8, a2, B-Z8, Aa-Ff8, Gg4; II: [a]4, B-Z8, Aa-Bb8, Cc2; ex libris Edward Charleton Esquire, with his engraved bookplate in each volume, 8 x 4 3/4 in. (2)
http://estc.bl.uk/T138256
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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