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Livres anciens et modernes

Tempsky, G. F. Von, Edited By J. S. Bell

Mitla, a Narrative of Incidents and Personal Adventures on a Journey in Mexico, Guatemala and Salvador in the Years 1853 to 1855 with Observations on the Modes of Life in Those Countries

1858

1072,54 €

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Détails

Année
1858
Lieu d'édition
London. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans
Auteur
Tempsky, G. F. Von, Edited By J. S. Bell
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - North America Mexico
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xv, [i], 436 pp, 14 plates (complete) of which 5 are colored lithographs with added hand coloring including a double-page and frontis and plans, 2 other illus, hand colored folding map (short tear at stub), tables. contemporary half morocco with gilt decorations & title lettering on spine, marbled endpapers, light wear at spine edge, light stains in margins of some plates, very good sound copy in handsome binding. A picture of this book is available upon request by The author traveled from San Francisco to Mazatlan, Durango, Mexico City, Puebla, Mitla, Tehuantepec, Guatemala, Santa Catarina, Salvador, and well over 100 smaller towns, providing excellent descriptions of the locations, the people, conditions, countryside, etc. The ancient ruins at Mitla are described and illustrated. The plates are superb examples of early chromolithography. Abbey Travel 665. Palau 329979. Humphreys 1745. Welch 114. Spain & Spanish America II, 623.
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