67. CASTAÑEDA, Carlos E. Our Catholic
Heritage in Texas 1519-1936. Austin: Von
Boeckmann-Jones, 1936-58. Frontispiece portraits, maps,
plates. 7 vols., large 8vo, original decorated blue cloth.
Ownership inscription in some volumes. A very fine set.
First
edition. A complete set of the first edition, including
the elusive seventh volume, which was not published until
1958. Vol. VI frontispiece is by artist José
Cisneros. Basic Texas Books 27: "[It is] the best
history of the three centuries of Spanish and Mexican
Texas...[giving us] the first detailed account of literally
dozens of expeditions and settlements in Texas...Opens up a
world of entirely new history for the Big Bend region and
for South Texas...[with] by far the most complete account
of the missions in the San Antonio-Goliad region." Tate,
The Indians of Texas: An Annotated Research Bibliography
1705: "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." Pingenot: The first complete scholarly history of
Spanish Texas, and one of the foundation works on the
Spanish Southwest, based on a bibliography of original
sources.
($1,000-1,500)