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(MEXICO.) Hardy, Robert William Hale.
Travels in the interior of Mexico.
Folding map of Sonora and the Gulf of California, 7 plates including a plan of the
Colorado River. xiii, [1], 540, [4] pages. 8vo, contemporary boards, rebacked with paper in
period style; numerous corrections made in pencil; uncut; Thomas Barbour and “KEH”
bookplates on front pastedown.
London: Colburn & Bentley, 1829
[800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION
.
“ Hardy . . . investigated the shores of Baja California and the pearl fishery
in the Gulf of California on behalf of his parent firm”—Sinkankas 2748. The first survey
and chart of the mouth of the Colorado and Gila Rivers, and full of political and social
observations. Hill 771 (this being his personal copy); Palau 112277; Sabin 30357.
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(MEXICO.) Guerra, José [José
Servando de Santa Teresa Mier].
Historia
de la revolucion de Nueva España.
[iii]-
liii, 364, xiv, 2; [2], 365-777, xlvi, 6 pages. 2
volumes. 8vo, later
1
/
4
calf, minor wear, joints
repaired; hinges split, minor foxing, lone
wormhole in second volume; faint library
stamps on title pages, Nicolás León and José
Ramon de Velasco bookplates on front
pastedowns.
London: Glindon, 1813
[3,000/4,000]
FIRST EDITION
.
“Privately printed in London, to
be circulated in Mexico, but the vessel in which
nearly the whole of the impression was sent out,
was lost, and the work is extremely scarce. The
author was several times imprisoned by the
Inquisition”—Sabin 55489. Palau 168487
(“su rareza”).
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