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18452221653<p>Carbajal Francisco De - also sp. Carvajal Vindicacion de D. Francisco Carbajal. Mexico City Imprenta de Vicente Garcia Torres 1845. 53 pages.</p><p>Bound With:</p><p>Espinosa D. Francisco Carbajal. Atrocidades Cometidas Por El Malrado Gobierno De Ayutla Y Su Satelite Benito Quintana Y Otros. Mexico City. 1858. 60 pages.</p><p>Octavo. Period green morocco over marbled boards black morocco label. Very good some light foxing. 2 separate works in one volume.</p><p>With the MS pressmark and "MHC" inscription of famed English bibliophile Sir Thomas Phillips 1792-1872.</p> Imprenta de Vicente Garcia Torres hardcover
18512008AG1851. London & New York J & F. Tallis 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Plate Size: 32.7 cm x 24.9 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition. John Tallis 7 November 1817 3 June 1876 was an English cartographic publisher. His company John Tallis and Company published views maps and atlases in London from roughly 1838 to 1851. Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842; the business moved to Smithfield in 1846 and was dissolved in 1849. From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis and Company. He started The illustrated news of the world and national portrait gallery of eminent personages in 1858 selling it for £1370 in 1861; it folded in 1863. Wikipedia The most important project John Tallis undertook was the 'Illustrated Atlas' from 1851. The original map we offer here was part of this exceptional Atlas and all the maps it contained are still today considered as the last reminder of an era of lavish map production. Tallis worked the project together with John Rapkin 1815-1876 and it was Rapkin's style and talent that we have to thank for when we marvel at these maps today. What makes these maps so special is the detail of engraved vignettes that surround the map and often show indigenous scenes people in their environment and even more so historical buildings or historical views of towns and cities architecture and landscape. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park London from 1 May to 11 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century and it was a much anticipated event. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert husband of the reigning monarch Queen Victoria. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time including Charles Darwin Samuel Colt members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll George Eliot and Alfred Tennyson. Music for the opening was under the direction of Sir George Thomas Smart and the continuous music from the exhibited organs for the Queen's procession was "under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett". Wikipedia unknown
1878BOOKS006180xxiv392 pages with indexes. Quarto 11 1/4" x 8 1/4" bound in brown cloth with brown label in gilt lettering to spine. Edited by Justo Zaragoza. First edition.<br /><br />Juan Súarez de Peralta was in an advantageous position to assemble information regarding the first contact between Indians and Spaniards in Mexico. Born in Mexico in 1537 he was the son of Juan Suarez whose sister Catalina had been the first wife of Hernando Cortes. His education hardly went beyond the basics of grammar but he developed his knowledge by reading and by personal contact with those who had participated in the Conquest. He lived in Mexico until 1579 when he traveled to Spain. He remained there at least until 1589 the year in which he completed the <i>Tratado del descubrimiento de las Indias</i>. He later returned to Mexico. The date and place of his death are unknown. The complete title of Suarez de Peralta's work give an adequate description of its contents: Tratado del descubrimiento de las Indias y su conquista y los ritos y sacrificios y costumbres de los Indios; y de los virreyes y gobernadores que las han gobernado especialmente en la Nueva Espana y del suceso del Marques del Valle Segundo Don Martin Cortes: del rebellion que se le impute y de las justicias y muertes que hizieron en Mexico los jueces comisarios que para ello fueron por su Majestad y del rompimiento de los ingleses y del principio que tuvo Francisco Kraque para ser declarado enemigo. It contains information on the history religion and customs of the Indians of central Mexico derived largely from Oviedo Motolina Sahagun and Las Casas. When Justo Zargoza 1833-1896 published the work for the first time 1878 he shortened the title to <i>Noticias Históricas de la Nueva España</i>. It was republished in Mexico in 1949 with an introduction by Federico Gomez de Orozco. Handbook of Middle American Indians p 79<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Rebound in modern cloth some occasional pencil ticks or "x"s in the margins else a very good copy. Manuel G Hernandez hardcover
1893041565Geneva: George & Cie Libraires -Editeurs 1893 Book. Illus. by Edited Jules Nicole. Good>Very Good. Original Wraps. First Thus. ` ` = Le livre du prefet ou l'edit de l'empereur Leon le Sage sur les corporations de Constantinople : texte grec du "Genevensis 23"To Eparchikon Biblion : Le Livre du Préfet ou l'Édit de l'empereur Léon le Sage sur les corporations de Constantinople. Texte grec du Genevensis 23 publié pour la première fois par J. Nicole. Avec une traduction latine des notices exégétiques et critiques et les variantes du Genevensis 23 au texte de Julien d'Ascalon.Parallel Greek and Latin texts with introduction and notes in French. 102p.index. Pages clean and unmarked but loose in original but damaged paper wraps. George & Cie, Libraires -Editeurs paperback
1873006768London: Longman Green and Co 1873. 556pp/illus. Publisher's blind and gilt embossed cloth covered boards. Illustrated with eight chromooxylographic plates and numerous woodcuts. A popular scientific acount of the natural history of the animal and vegetable kingdoms in the equatorial regions. The binding is firm though beginning to show the wear in places both covers are attached. There is some light wear to the extremities including some bumping to the spine and corners. Internally the book is clean with only light foxing in places. . Revised Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longman, Green, and Co hardcover
185632458Cleveland: L.E. Barnard & Company 1856. Hardcover. First Edition in North America. Lyman's translation was only the second appearance in English after the London edition of 1729. 5 x 8in. xi. 88pp. Publisher's blind-stamped diamond cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration. VERY GOOD. Shows the boards marginally shelf rubbed and toned two former owner names of the period at the first blank otherwise the binding is strong and tight the text is clean and unmarked and the boards remain bright and distinct. An exceptionally maintained copy. As pictured. L.E. Barnard & Company hardcover
1892D9-7WG2-R1M51892. Hardcover. Very Good. Lenox Library 1892. Extremities rubbed with a hint of fraying at top spine edge. Pages yellowed with an occasional minor blemish binding firm. hardcover
1874110346Macmillan and Co. London. 1874. Macmillan and Co. London. 1874. First edition thus. Cathedral style binding with black morocco covered wooden boards. Gilt text to spine marbled endpapers all page edges gilt over red. xxiv 383 pages. Every page of text has an illustrated border 10 engraved plates on quality paper with captioned tissue-guards plus other plates and illustrations. A very attractive edition in a handsome binding. hardcover
18953iiiGb0012New York et al.: Benziger Brothers Printers to the Holy Apostolic See 1895. Book. Illus. by Jesus Most Suffering! Mary Mother Most Sorrowful! Be Ye My Love Henceforth Till Death Frontispiece. Very Good. Hardcover Canvas. May 1 1895. 16mo or 16° Sextodecimo: 5¾" x 6¾" tall. 800 pp. A rare hard-to-find out-of-print scarce true collectible gem! A wonderful copy! A 19th-Century copy! Solidly bound copy with moderate external but minimal internal wear and use. Copy with crisp pages and clean text. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page. No jacket. . Benziger Brothers, Printers to the Holy Apostolic See Hardcover
1897036243Philadelpha: J. B. Lippincott Company / Fred J Feldman 1897. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Photographs Throughout; Two Original Studio Photographs. 445 Pp. Gray Cloth Gilt All Edges Gilt. First Printing. Also With 8 1/4" X 5 1/4" Studio Photograph Of An Officer In Uniform Inscribed "Truly Your Friend. Col. Quintas. Mex. Army. March 24Th 1896" Photograph Mounted On Card Gilt Edges Verso With Printed Information Of Antonio Codero Fotografo Callejonde La Olla Num. 6 Mexico. Also With A 6 1/8" X 3" Formal Portrait Photograph Of A Seated Lady Signed In Pencil "Feldman 1902" Possibly By Fred J. Feldman Of The Stout-Feldman Studio Active In El Paso As The Bushong Studio 1895- And Later As Feldman And Stout-Feldman. Book With All Gilt Bright Covers Worn And Lightly Soiled With Fraying At Corners And Broken Hinges At Endpapers. Quintas Photograph With Crease / Crack Across Lower Image Lady's Photograph Fine. Per Wikipedia Marie Robinson Wright Née Robinson; May 4 1853 - February 1 1914 Was An American Travel Writer Of The Long Nineteenth Century. She Was Elected Member Of Learned Societies In Various Parts Of The World; And Served As A Special Delegate Or Representative To International Expositions. It Was However As An Observer And Especially As A Writer That Wright Gained Her Fame. Her Books Were Written About Brazil Bolivia Chile Peru And Mexico. These Volumes Were Generous Octavos Well Illustrated And Filled With Facts Gathered Chiefly From Authoritative Sources Or Confirmed By Her Own Observations. In 1895 With Her Daughter Ida Dent Wright For Her Sole Companion She Went To Mexico. Secretary Of Foreign Affairs Ignacio Mariscal And President Porfirio Díaz Were Already Her Warm Admirers And It Was To Them She Went With Her Plans. Both These Executives Furnished Her With Letters To Every Governor In Mexico And The President Ordered Not Only A Military Escort Wherever Needed But That Special Trains And Steamboat Facilities Should Be Given Her Throughout The Country. Then She Spent A Year In Thoroughly Inspecting And Studying The Country. Besides Thousands Of Miles Of Railway And Steamboat Traveling Wright And Her Daughter Went Nearly 900 Miles 1400 Km In Mountain Regions On Mules Attended By Military Escort And Penetrating Regions Where None But Indigenous Women Had Been Seen Previously. The Result Of Her Experiences Was Put In A Large Illustrated Book On Mexico Which Was The Most Comprehensive And Beautiful Book On Mexico Ever Written In Any Language And Which Was Ordered In Advance By 8000 Mexican Officials. <br/> <br/> J. B. Lippincott Company / Fred J Feldman hardcover
1802001909Paris: J. F. Barrau 1802. Apparent First French Language Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus . Modern ca 1900 green cloth binding with author's name in hand-script on spine. Light wear. Bound-in wraps with most of front cover missing partial loss to rear page cover. Small paper chipping to front inner hinge o/w well bound. Former ownership ink stamp on title page upside down: "Mo. Bot. Garden 1897" and most likely refers to the Missouri Botanical Gardens. No other institutional markings and otherwise clean with some age toning unmarked with generally light foxing. Half-title page; 220 1. Some woodcut head and tail pieces. Questions welcome scans of book available. <br/><br/>Questions welcome. Images can be made upon request. J. F. Barrau hardcover
18512007AG1851. London & New York J & F. Tallis 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Plate Size: 24.7 cm x 33.8 cm. Sheet Size: 27.4 cm x 37.5 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition. John Tallis 7 November 1817 3 June 1876 was an English cartographic publisher. His company John Tallis and Company published views maps and atlases in London from roughly 1838 to 1851. Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842; the business moved to Smithfield in 1846 and was dissolved in 1849. From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis and Company. He started The illustrated news of the world and national portrait gallery of eminent personages in 1858 selling it for £1370 in 1861; it folded in 1863. Wikipedia The most important project John Tallis undertook was the 'Illustrated Atlas' from 1851. The original map we offer here was part of this exceptional Atlas and all the maps it contained are still today considered as the last reminder of an era of lavish map production. Tallis worked the project together with John Rapkin 1815-1876 and it was Rapkin's style and talent that we have to thank for when we marvel at these maps today. What makes these maps so special is the detail of engraved vignettes that surround the map and often show indigenous scenes people in their environment and even more so historical buildings or historical views of towns and cities architecture and landscape. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park London from 1 May to 11 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century and it was a much anticipated event. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert husband of the reigning monarch Queen Victoria. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time including Charles Darwin Samuel Colt members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll George Eliot and Alfred Tennyson. Music for the opening was under the direction of Sir George Thomas Smart and the continuous music from the exhibited organs for the Queen's procession was "under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett". Wikipedia unknown
1870List1327Lima 1870. Albumen photographs measuring 2 x 3 ½ inches on larger mounts. Some slight fading a few spots to one image including one with loss about very good overall. A striking pair of early carte-de-visite portraits of Peruvian women from the Courret studios at 197 Calle de la Union one bearing the Courret Hermanos imprint and the other with just Eugenio Courret’s credit from the same studio. Eugenio formed the Courret Hermanos firm in 1863 with his brother Aquiles. The portrait of the woman and child is particularly uncommon for the Courret catalog as most of the photographs they took were of single wealth patrons. unknown
182822814London: William Pickering and John Major 1828. Assumed First Edition . Hard Back. Very Good/No Jacket. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2. 389 Pages. Printed for the Author by William Nicol At The Shakespeare Press in 1828. Book 1 Ends on Page 97. Book 2 Ends 0n Page 159 and Book 3 Ends on Page 389 the last page of the book. Sixteen pages of subscribers names. Mr. Major Bookseller subscribed to fifty copies. Raised bands on spine with marbled endpapers and page edges are gold. Front boards show light wear at the spine area. <br/> <br/> William Pickering and John Major hardcover
1868L3 box672 b9Oeuvres de Virgile; Traduction nouvelle accompagnee du texte Latin et precedee d'une notice biographique et litteraire. Quatrieme Edition. Tome 1 & Tome 2. Par Emile Pessonneaux. 1868 Charpentier Libraire-Editeur. Partial leather bound hardcover two volumes total 856 pages: 424 pp tome 1 432 pp tome 2. The books are in poor condition but no missing pages. Charpentier, Libraire-Editeur. hardcover
18512020AG1851. London & New York J & F. Tallis 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Plate Size: 24.2 cm x 35.4 cm. Sheet Size: 27.4 cm x 37.5 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition. John Tallis 7 November 1817 3 June 1876 was an English cartographic publisher. His company John Tallis and Company published views maps and atlases in London from roughly 1838 to 1851. Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842; the business moved to Smithfield in 1846 and was dissolved in 1849. From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis and Company. He started The illustrated news of the world and national portrait gallery of eminent personages in 1858 selling it for £1370 in 1861; it folded in 1863. Wikipedia The most important project John Tallis undertook was the 'Illustrated Atlas' from 1851. The original map we offer here was part of this exceptional Atlas and all the maps it contained are still today considered as the last reminder of an era of lavish map production. Tallis worked the project together with John Rapkin 1815-1876 and it was Rapkin's style and talent that we have to thank for when we marvel at these maps today. What makes these maps so special is the detail of engraved vignettes that surround the map and often show indigenous scenes people in their environment and even more so historical buildings or historical views of towns and cities architecture and landscape. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park London from 1 May to 11 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century and it was a much anticipated event. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert husband of the reigning monarch Queen Victoria. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time including Charles Darwin Samuel Colt members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll George Eliot and Alfred Tennyson. Music for the opening was under the direction of Sir George Thomas Smart and the continuous music from the exhibited organs for the Queen's procession was "under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett". Wikipedia unknown
182541367Elizabethtown NJ: J. & E. Sanderson 1825. First edition. Self wrappers. A very good- copy with 4 large semi-circular dampstain marks throughout. Unpaged 4 pp. Illus. with b/w in-text drawings. 20 3/4 x 13 inches. Contents include: a full column on the Liberation of Peru led by General Sucre; the first meeting at the new seat of Government in Florida where the governor states "No part of North America is so little known.Visitors.had pronounced it a bank of sand not worth the money paid for it"; republished letters from Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay. This issue not at the American Antiquarian Society. Uncommon. J. & E. Sanderson unknown
18512011AG1851. London & New York J & F. Tallis 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Plate Size: 33 cm x 25 cm. Sheet Size: 37.6 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition. John Tallis 7 November 1817 3 June 1876 was an English cartographic publisher. His company John Tallis and Company published views maps and atlases in London from roughly 1838 to 1851. Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842; the business moved to Smithfield in 1846 and was dissolved in 1849. From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis and Company. He started The illustrated news of the world and national portrait gallery of eminent personages in 1858 selling it for £1370 in 1861; it folded in 1863. Wikipedia The most important project John Tallis undertook was the 'Illustrated Atlas' from 1851. The original map we offer here was part of this exceptional Atlas and all the maps it contained are still today considered as the last reminder of an era of lavish map production. Tallis worked the project together with John Rapkin 1815-1876 and it was Rapkin's style and talent that we have to thank for when we marvel at these maps today. What makes these maps so special is the detail of engraved vignettes that surround the map and often show indigenous scenes people in their environment and even more so historical buildings or historical views of towns and cities architecture and landscape. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park London from 1 May to 11 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century and it was a much anticipated event. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert husband of the reigning monarch Queen Victoria. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time including Charles Darwin Samuel Colt members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll George Eliot and Alfred Tennyson. Music for the opening was under the direction of Sir George Thomas Smart and the continuous music from the exhibited organs for the Queen's procession was "under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett". Wikipedia unknown
1891023363New York: Robert H Lamborn 1891. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Plates With Tissue Guards. #424 Of 500 Copies Printed For The Author. Original Beige Cloth Elaborately Gilt Covers With Wear At Corners Frayed At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Two Front Tips Spine And Cover Gilt Still Brilliant But Spine Darkened And Covers Dusty With A Little Soiling. Inscribed By The Author To Mrs. Brinton And Dated In 1892. <br/> <br/> Robert H Lamborn hardcover
1859CA02406 volumes. xxx379index pages; 426index pages; 388index pages; 51620 tables and index pages; 39317 tables and index pages; 39456 tables and index with large fold out map at back and 12 plates. Folio 12 1/4" x 8 1/4" bound in original publisher's dark brown pebbled cloth ruled in blind with front boards with armorial gilt device. New spines with original title in gilt laid on. Palau 95426 Sabin 26119 First editions.<br /><br />These memoirs prepared by ten of the viceroys were intended to apprise each successor of the nature and duties of his post of the distribution of offices and presidencies of the privileges of the natives their hereditary customs and character. The work forms a glorious monument of statesmanship; and it may be conjectured that if the Spaniards had always formed their conduct according to these Memorias they would never had lost their colonies in the New World. Bibliographico-Linguistica 312 part III<br /><br />The series was edited under the direction of the Ministerio de Hacienda.<br /><br />Some foxing in all volumes some water staining varying in degrees in volumes worming to some volumes in varying degrees a few affecting text but all readable. Spine replaced with original spine labels affixed else a good set of a scare colonial item. Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply. Libreria Central de Felipe Baily hardcover
1820E0028xxxvi396 pages Octavo 9" x 5 1/4" bound in stiff boards with cloth spine and spine label. Howes R380. Sabin 72202 First edition.<br /><br />Francisco Xavier Mina Spanish revolutionist and filibuster was born at Idocín Navarre in northern Spain on December 3 1789. As a student at the University of Zaragoza in 1808 when his countrymen rebelled against French control he joined the Spanish liberals and quickly became a leading guerrilla. When Ferdinand VII returned to the Spanish throne and renounced the liberal constitution of 1812 Mina opposed him and was eventually forced to flee. In October 1814 he arrived in England where he became acquainted with General Winfield Scott of the United States and Father José Servando Teresa de Mier Noriega y Guerra an ardent Mexican liberal who encouraged Mina to strike at Ferdinand VII through an invasion of Mexico. Scott also is thought to have encouraged Mina and to have assured him of the support of the United States for an expedition to free Mexico from Spain. As a result of this encouragement Mina made preparations to form an expedition. On May 15 1816 he left Liverpool in the ship Caledonia expecting to attack Mexico. On June 20 1816 the Caledonia reached Norfolk Virginia. Mina left it there to proceed to Washington while the ship moved on to Baltimore. At Washington he presumably conferred with high officials but this is not certain. He proceeded then to Baltimore where merchants of that city were willing to gamble on the expedition by furnishing the ship Calypso and arms and munitions for the enterprise. In July Mina visited Philadelphia and in August he went to New York always enlisting aid for his cause. New York merchants gave him two vessels and supplies. By the end of August 1816 he was ready to sail but complications arose with the Spanish minister in Washington who was bringing pressure to bear on the United States to prevent the expedition. Two vessels the Caledonia and the Dolphin however were dispatched to Port-au-Prince on September 1 1816. Father Mier who was with Mina on the expedition was sent ahead on September 19 1816 to contact revolutionary forces in Mexico. Mina in the Calypso left Baltimore on September 26 bound for Port-au-Prince where he arrived on October 13 1816. After difficulties and delays including disease and desertion he was able to set sail from Port-au-Prince on October 27 with four vessels headed for Galveston to join Louis Michel Aury who was also planning an invasion of Mexico. Mina reached Galveston on November 22 with about 140 officers and men. After some bickering with Aury Mina was permitted to land and began to organize his forces. Mier meanwhile had been forced by bad weather to land in New Orleans and in early December left for Galveston with the information that aid and assistance could be raised in New Orleans probably with the proviso that Mina proceed to Pensacola rather than Mexico. Mina proceeded to New Orleans in February 1817 and conferred with his New Orleans associates but decided against an attack on Pensacola deploring the commercial character of such an expedition. He bought two ships the Cleopatra and the Neptune at New Orleans. On March 16 he was again at Galveston where he received the force of Colonel Henry Perry 100 men. An arrangement was made whereby Aury was to be naval commander of the expedition while Mina was to have command of the military. The invasion point of Mexico was to be Soto la Marina Tamaulipas. The expedition left Galveston Island on April 7 with a force of eight ships and 235 men. After stopping at the mouth of the Rio Grande for water the force reached the mouth of the Santander River on April 11. The troops were disembarked on April 15. Mina captured Soto la Marina without difficulty and proceeded inland. After many small victories over the Spanish all the while trying to restore unity among insurgent leaders he was defeated and captured at Venadito on October 27. He was taken to Mexico City tried and executed at Fort San Gregorio with twenty-five companions on November 11 1817 at the age of twenty-eight years.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />New cloth over boards with original label attached to spine spine reinforced with later fabric back-strip some toning to the pages throughout hinges tender else a good copy. Printed for the author [by] Lydia R. Bailey, printer hardcover
183581555Taurini Turin:: Ex Regio Typographeo 1835. First edition. 19th c. quarter calf and marbled boards. 1855 ink gift inscription at head of title page; some scattered light and inoffensive foxing; binding rubbed and a little worn; upper joint cracked but cords holding. Folio. Ex Regio Typographeo, hardcover
18290005575Boston: Bowles and Dearborn 1829. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo xv 256pp. original quarter linen & boards untrimmed 250mm x 145mm chipped paper label on spine shaken inked name on free endpaper needs some resewing. <br/><br/>Rev. Abbot went to Cuba to restore his fragile health. This eloquent Harvard graduate then traversed a thousand miles on horseback through Sumidero and Lemonal Matanzas a week in Havana etc. "The pictures he has given are of things which were immediately before him as exact in circumstances and as true to the life as his pencil could pourtray; and the statement of facts is correct according to his convictions - Preface." Sabin 14; Palau 519; Shaw & Shoemaker 37345. Abbot died on his return trip before reaching his Massachusetts home. Bowles and Dearborn hardcover
18528235London. Samuel Bagster. 1852. Bound in full blind ruled morocco. Blind ruled spine compartments with raised bands. Gilt titles. a.e.g. 32mo 2" x 3.5". A bit of rubbing to extremities. A Near Fine crisp sweet little copy. Samuel Bagster. hardcover
18512009AG1851. London & New York J & F. Tallis 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Plate Size: 33.2 cm x 24.6 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition. John Tallis 7 November 1817 3 June 1876 was an English cartographic publisher. His company John Tallis and Company published views maps and atlases in London from roughly 1838 to 1851. Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842; the business moved to Smithfield in 1846 and was dissolved in 1849. From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis and Company. He started The illustrated news of the world and national portrait gallery of eminent personages in 1858 selling it for £1370 in 1861; it folded in 1863. Wikipedia The most important project John Tallis undertook was the 'Illustrated Atlas' from 1851. The original map we offer here was part of this exceptional Atlas and all the maps it contained are still today considered as the last reminder of an era of lavish map production. Tallis worked the project together with John Rapkin 1815-1876 and it was Rapkin's style and talent that we have to thank for when we marvel at these maps today. What makes these maps so special is the detail of engraved vignettes that surround the map and often show indigenous scenes people in their environment and even more so historical buildings or historical views of towns and cities architecture and landscape. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park London from 1 May to 11 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century and it was a much anticipated event. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert husband of the reigning monarch Queen Victoria. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time including Charles Darwin Samuel Colt members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll George Eliot and Alfred Tennyson. Music for the opening was under the direction of Sir George Thomas Smart and the continuous music from the exhibited organs for the Queen's procession was "under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett". Wikipedia unknown
