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Gilliam, Albert M.

Travels over the Table Lands and Cordilleras of Mexico During the Years 1843 and 44; Including a Description of California, The Principal Cities and Mining Districts of that Republic and Biographies of Iturbide and Santa Anna

1846

573,40 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1846
Luogo di stampa
Philadelphia; London. John W. Moore; Wiley & Putnam
Autore
Gilliam, Albert M.
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - North America Mexico
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xvi, [17]-455 pp, 10 lithographed plates including frontis (port), 3 folding maps, appendix. original brown blind-stamped cloth, edges and corners worn, spine lettered in gilt, almost no foxing, upper 2 inches of spine replaced with plain cloth, faint offset to title from frontis, else very good overall, interior is quite fresh and fine. A pictur Wagner-Camp 120c:1. Howes G179. Hill 433: 'One of the principal travel books on Mexico in the 19th century. Two of the three maps cover United States territory, including what is now Northern California, Oregon and other portions of the Pacific Northwest'. Sabin 27412. Wheat Transmississippi 510, 511. Cowan p. 238. Graff 1554: 'contains considerable material about Oregon, California, Texas, the Texas revolution, annexation of Texas, etc'. The second edition of 1847 omitted some of the text and all the plates and maps. Palau 102243. Smith G24 cites only the second edition in 312 pages. Cole 177. Gunn 768.
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