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Anza's California Expeditions by Bolton [181662]

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Anza's California Expeditions by Bolton  [181662]
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BOLTON, Herbert Eugene. Anza's California Expeditions. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1930. xxi [3] 529 + xii [4] 473 + xxi [1, blank] 436 + x [4] 552 + xviii [2] 426 pp., 14 maps (some folding), 106 plates, 47 facsimiles. 5 vols., complete, 8vo, original navy cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Very fine set, some pages uncut. First edition. Cowan, p. 60: "A work of extensive research and of most important historical value." Edwards, The Enduring Desert, p. 11: "A narrative of deep human interest, and profound significance. It brings together in one picture the pioneer work of soldier, missionary and colonist. It tells of the opening of a route of travel across the California mountains three quarters of a century ahead of the Forty-Niners." Hill, p. 29. Howell, California 50:310. Howes B583: "Monumental work containing translations of the original MS. diaries of Anza, Díaz, Garcés, Font and Paloú, relating to the 1773 and 1774 expeditions and the founding of both Monterey and San Francisco." Libros Californianos (Dawson-Howell & Hanna lists), pp. 37, 64: "Bolton's introductory volume is a brilliant presentation of the whole scene of Spain's expansion in the New World." Powell, California Classics, pp. 3-16; Southwestern Book Trails, p. 11: "The greatest of all Bolton's great works." Weber, California Missions, p. 9. Zamorano Eighty 7. California