The Architectural History of Mission San Carlos Borromeo

Berkeley: California Historical Survey Commission, 1921. First Edition. 81pp. Quarto [26.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board. Near fine. Complete with all plates. Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo, also called Mission Carmel, is the second of the mission chain and the personal favorite of Father Junipero Serra. Founded on June 3, 1770, it was named after Saint Charles Borromeo, a 16th-century archbishop of Milan. Fourteen yeas after founding the mission, Father Serra passed away in this bed, and the mission serves as his final resting place.