Bolton, Herbert Eugene

Athanese de Mezieres and the Louisiana-Texas Frontier, 1768-1780 [Two-Volume Set]

Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark, 1914.

First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Spain in the West Volumes I & II. Original red cloth with gilt titles on spine, top edges gilt, illustrated with 8 facsimiles and folding colored map of Texas. Light rubbing and a touch of fraying to spine ends, else fine. Documents published for the first time, from the original Spanish and French manuscripts, chiefly in the archives of Mexico and Spain, translated onto English, edited, and annotated by Bolton. Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 41: "This work provides the best insight into the Indians of Texas during the period, and into the Spanish and French activities among them." Clark & Brunet 25.

Item #23140

Price: $325.00