Font's Complete Diary. A Chronicle of the Founding of San Francisco
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xix, 552pp., 20 plates, 1 folding map. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Frontispiece photograph. Translated from the original Spanish manuscript of Pedro Font, With Anza to California, and edited by Bolton. "The comments on the trail contained in the footnotes of this work are based on personal reconnoissance; for I have retracted exactly or approximately Anza's entire itinerary. The excellence of the diaries (Font's) is attested by the fact that I have been able to identify practically every water hole and camp site. Most of the photographic illustrations represent scenes along the way. They have been chosen to show the trail as Font and Anza saw it, rather than to exhibit its present day cultural aspects." (Bolton). Illustrated with striking b/w photographs, facsimiles of Font's diary and plans, including a folding map at rear. Binding with light wear along edges and some light water-staining. Ex Libris of George and Anne Barnett on inside front cover. Block slightly age-toned. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition. g to vg. Item #47731
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