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SMITH, Buckingham (1810-1871), editor. Rudo Ensayo, tentativa de una Prevencional Descripcíon Geográphica de la Provincia de Sonora, sus terminos y Confines; ó mejor, Colección de Materiales para hacerla quien lo supiere mejor. Compilada...por un Amigo del Bien Común. St. Augustine, Florida: [by Munsell, Albany], 1863.
4o (208 x 174 mm). Later blue buckram, red morocco lettering piece, original wrappers bound in.
LIMITED EDITION, one of 160 copies. "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). See lot 264 for Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's Historical and Statistical Information Respecting...the Indian Tribes of the United States (1851-1857) inscribed to Buckingham Smith. Field 1430; Howes S-578; Munk p. 83; Sabin 73899.
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LIMITED EDITION, one of 160 copies. "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). See lot 264 for Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's Historical and Statistical Information Respecting...the Indian Tribes of the United States (1851-1857) inscribed to Buckingham Smith. Field 1430; Howes S-578; Munk p. 83; Sabin 73899.