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WARD, Sir H[enry] G[eorge] [1797-1860].. Mexico In 1827.
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xix, [1], 591, [1]; viii, 730. with half-titles. 2 folding engraved maps, 10 aquatints (1 hand-coloured, 4 double-page, 1 double-page & folding), 3 lithographed plates (1 folding), & 5 wood-engravings in the text. contemporary calf, gilt arms on covers, rebacked preserving spine labels (corners worn, some foxing to plates & adjacent leaves, calf at head of one spine wrinkled). First Edition. A first-hand account of political and social conditions in Mexico following the Mexican War of Independence from Spain. The author was British Chargé d'Affaires there from 1825 to 1827. His account contains considerable detail respecting mining operations in the country. The handsome aquatints and lithographs are after drawings by Mrs. Ward. Included in the appendix is a brief account of Texas by General Wavel, which Streeter notes is still one of the few reliable descriptions available from the 1820's. Abbey, Travel, 665. Hill p. 319. Sabin 101302. Streeter, Texas, 1104A.
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