Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, Volumes I-V (The Mission Era: The Finding of Texas 1519-1693; The Winning of Texas 1693-1791; The Missions at Work 1731-1761; The Passing of the Missions 1762-1782; The End of the Spanish Regime, 1780-1810).
Austin, TX: Von Boeckmann-Jones Company, 1936-1942.
First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First five volumes (of 7) of "the best history of the three centuries of Spanish and Mexican Texas [with] the first detailed account of literally dozens of expeditions and settlements in Texas" (Jenkins, Basic Texas Books). 8vo, original embossed blue cloth; c. 2200 pp in total; index in each volume, many plates and folding maps. Some wear to extremities, a few previous owner's names, old insect damage to the final few pages of all but one volume (no loss of text). Otherwise quite clean and sound. Jenkins writes that this work opens up a world of entirely new history for the Big Bend Region and for South Texas and provides by far the most complete account of the missions in the San Antonio-Goliad region and in East Texas," and Tate (Indians of Texas) says it is an "invaluable source of information on all phases of Catholic influence in Texas. Detailed information on Indian tribes from the coastal and eastern sections of the state is extremely valuable, especially in the first four volumes. No researcher can afford to overlook this seminal work."
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