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English. Petrus Montanus, del. J. Ogilby, sc. PORTUS ACAPULCO
[harbor view with shipping in a wide landscape] J. Ogilby. London.
1670. Copper engraving, colored. 13.6 x 10.3" remargined, enhanced
color. I.D.#09579.
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French. VAISSEAUX DE CORTEZ DESAGREES ET ECHOUEZ PAR SES ORDRES. [Spanish fleet scuttled on orders of its commander] Copper
engraving. 6.5 x 4.6" Browned. Compagnie des Libraires. Paris.
1730. From fifth French edition of Fernando Cortez's Histoire de
la conqueste du Mexique, ou la nouvelle Espagne, translated by
Antoine de Solis. I.D.#10858b.
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French. COMBAT DES BRIGANTINS DE CORTEZ CONTRE LES CANOTS DES
MEXIQUAINS [Spanish warships moored in marshes fire on Mexican
canoes] Copper engraving. 6.6 x 4.8" Browned. Compagnie des
Libraires. Paris. 1730. From fifth French edition of Fernando
Cortez's Histoire de la conqueste du Mexique, ou la nouvelle
Espagne, translated by Antoine de Solis. I.D.#10858.
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French. LE GRANDE TEMPLE DE MEXIQUE. Copper engraving. 6.5
x 4.75". Compagnie des Libraires. Paris. 1730. From fifth French
edition of Fernando Cortez's Histoire de la conqueste du Mexique,
ou la nouvelle Espagne, translated by Antoine de Solis. I.D.#10851.
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French. RETRAITE DE GUATIMOZIN PRIS PAR HOLQUIN. [great battle
on Lake of Mexico] Copper engraving. 6.5 x 4.8". Compagnie des
Libraires. Paris. 1730. From fifth French edition of Fernando
Cortez's Histoire de la conqueste du Mexique, ou la nouvelle
Espagne, translated by Antoine de Solis. I.D.#10852.
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French. DANCES APPELLEES MITOLES. Copper engraving. 6.5 x
4.75" Margin soiled. Compagnie des Libraires. Paris. 1730. From
fifth French edition of Fernando Cortez's Histoire de la conqueste
du Mexique, ou la nouvelle Espagne, translated by Antoine de
Solis.
I.D.#10853.
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French. RIVIERE DE PANUEE, AUTREMENT RIO DE CANOAS. Copper
engraving. 6.5 x 4.6" Browned . Compagnie des Libraires . Paris.
1730. From fifth French edition of Fernando Cortez's Histoire de
la conqueste du Mexique, ou la nouvelle Espagne, translated by
Antoine de Solis. I.D.#10854.
SOLD.
[Print] English. ANTIENT MEXICO. [city view]
T. Woodward, S. Birt, etc. London. 1748. 13 x 7.75". Copper
engraving. From Vol.I p.14, John Harris. Navigantium atque
itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and
travels... Folio. I.D.#07739. SOLD.
[Print] English. THE INTERVIEW OF CORTES AND
MONTEZUMA IN THE CITY OF MEXICO. T. Woodward, S. Birt, etc.
London. 1748. 8.25 x 13". Copper engraving. From Vol.2 p.97, John
Harris. Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete
collection of voyages and travels... Folio. I.D.#07740.
SOLD.
[Print] French. J.N. Bellin. ROUE
CHRONOLOGIQUE DES MEXIQUAINS [Aztec calendar stone] Copper
engraving. 8 inch diameter. Folded. Didot. Paris. 1754 . From the
Histoire generale des voyages of Abbe Prevost.
I.D.#09625.
[Print] French. CIMETIERRE DES SACRIFICES.
[Elaborate building displaying skulls of sacrificial victimsin
ancient Mexico] Didot. Paris. 1754. Copper engraving. 6.75 x
5". Margins browned. Plate from Abbe Prevost. Histoire generale... I.D.#10189.
[Print] French. Chevel, del., sc. ANCIEN
MEXICO. [view of ancient Mexico] Didot. Paris. 1754. Copper
engraving, colored. 5.6 x 4.75". Modern coloring. From Abbe
Prevost's Histoire generale les voyages. View copied after Braun
and Hogenberg. I.D.#09582.
[Print] French. Houssaid. GRAND TEMPLE DE
MEXICO. Didot. Paris. 1754. Copper engraving. 6.1 x 5".
Folded. From the Histoire generale des voyages of Abbe Prevost. I.D.#09626.
TEXAS. Niles, John M. History of South
America and Mexico... [with] a geographical and historical view of
Texas (by L.T. Pease)... Hartford. 1837. 8vo. 2 vols (in 1). 5
maps and plts. Later 3/4 black leather with blue cloth.
Professionally backed large, folding brightly handcolored map of
South America. "Mexico & Texas" removed. Also section on geography
& history of Texas. Howes N-156. The 1837 edition is the first to
include the section on Texas. I.D.#02887.
Niles, John M. History Of South America And
Mexico; Comprising Their Discovery, Geography, Politics,
Commerce And Revolutions. By Hon. John M. Niles, Member Of The
Senate Of The United States. To Which Is Annexed, A Geographical
And Historical View Of Texas, With A Detailed Account Of The
Texian Revolution And War. By Hom. L.T. Pease. In Two Volumes. ...
H. Huntington. Hartford. 1837, Jun. 8vos. 2 vols. in 1. Engr.
title, ports. (Santa Anna and Sam Houston). Original calf, old
library bookplate. Worn, foxed. Folding map lacking. Howes N-156. I.D.#07358.
Niles, John M. History Of South America And
Mexico; Comprising Their Discovery, Geography, Politics,
Commerce And Revolutions. By Hon. John M. Niles, Member Of The
Senate Of The United States. To Which Is Annexed, A Geographical
And Historical View Of Texas, With A Detailed Account Of The
Texian Revolution And War. By Hon. L.T. Pease. In Two Volumes. H.
Huntington Junr. Hartford. 1843. 8vo. 2 vols (in 1). Maps lacking,
port. of Santa Anna, engr. front. and title with views of Battles
of the Alamo and San Jacinto. Original blindstamped sheep boards,
professionally rebacked, new endpapers. One signature frayed,
waterstained. Howes N-156. I.D.#10256.
[Print] American. GENERAL SCOTT'S TRIUMPHANT
ENTRANCE INTO MEXICO. Wood engraving. 20.1 x 13.75". Margin
stained . Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. Boston. 1856?
Military review upon entering Mexico City at close of the Mexican
War. I.D.#10385.
[Print] American. H.M. Jackson. TRAVELLING
BETWEEN VERA CRUZ AND MEXICO [busy traffic on the rough road] Wood
engraving. 13.6 x 9.25". The Illustrated London News. London.
1867, Jan.5. I.D.#10708.
RAILROADS. MEXICO. The Tehauntepec Railway.
Its location, features and advantages under the LaSere Grant of
1869. D. Appleton & Co. New York. 1869. 8vo, irreg. paging.
Large fold. col. maps, fine sepia lith. views. green cloth.
Section of historical and geographical notes 1453-1869 by Henry
Stevens, G.M.B., F.S.A. A rare privately published compilation
seeking investors in the United States. Presentation inscription
from Simon Stevens, president of the railroad to the Hon. Henry G.
Stebbins. Ex-Collection: The Panama Canal Library. Administration
Building. Balboa Heights. C.Z. with bookplate. Rare. Not in L.C.
The views are particularly interesting. This railway and telegraph
line was a forerunner to the Panama Canal. I.D.#03110.
SOLD.
Bancroft, Hubert Howe. The works ... Volume
XII. History of Mexico. Vol. IV. 1804-1824. A.L. Bancroft & Co.
San Francisco. 1885. Thick 8vo, xiv,829 p. Maps in text. Brown
pebbled cloth. Ex-library. I.D.#08023.
Bishop, William Henry. Mexico, California
And Arizona. Being A New And Revised Editon Of Old Mexico And Her
Lost Provinces. By William Henry Bishop... Harper & Brothers.
New York. 1889. 8vo, 569,6 p. Map, ports., illus. Red pictorial
cloth. Not in Howes. I.D.#00719.
Bancroft, Hubert
Howe. Resources And Development Of Mexico. The Bancroft Publishing
Co. San Francisco. 1893. Large 8vo, xii,325 p. photo illus., 2
fold maps. Red silk, one signature loose. First edition.
Ex-library: St. Louis Globe-Democrat. I.D.#02159.
Baedeker, Karl. The United States With An
Excursion Into Mexico. Handbook For Travellers edited by Karl
Baedeker. With 19 maps and 24 plans. Second Revised Edition.
Karl Baedeker/Charles Scribner's Sons. Leipsic/New York. 1899.
12mo, c,579 p. Col. maps (most fold.), large U.S. map in back rose
cloth. One map frayed where misfolded, rear e.p. loose but a nice
copy. I.D.#02720.
Baedeker, Karl. The United States With
Excursions To Mexico, Cuba, Port Rico, And Alaska. Handbook For
Travellers edited by Karl Baedeker with 19 maps and 24 plans. Second Revised Edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipsic.
1899. Thick 12mo, c,579 p. maps, plans. Rose cloth, spine faded.
Lacks one yellow endpaper, other chipped. I.D.#09061.
Commerce Of Mexico,
Central And South America, And The West Indies, With Share Of The
United States And Other Leading Nations Therein. 1821-1900. U.S.
CENSUS. 1900. 4to pp. 503-739. Fold. col. map of the Americas with
nautical routes. Removed. I.D.#07695.
Baedeker, Karl. The United States With An
Excursion Into Mexico. Handbook For Travellers by Karl
Baedeker. with 25 maps and 35 plans. Third Revised Edition.
Karl Baedeker.../Dulau and Co./Charles Scribner's Sons.
Leipzig/London/New York. 1904. 12mo, ciii,660 p. Fold. col. maps,
plans. Rose cloth. Few maps split at folds but a very nice copy.
Ex-library stamp: Warwick Boys Club. I.D.#02324.
Baedeker, Karl. The United States With An
Excursion Into Mexico Handbook For Travellers by Karl
Baedeker. with 25 maps and 35 plans. Third Revised Edition.
Karl Baedeker/Dulau and Co./Charles Scribner's Sons.
Leipzig/London/New York. 1904. 12mo, ciii,660 p. fold. col.maps,
fold. col. city plans. Nice. I.D.#07456. SOLD.
Reau Campbell. Cambell's
New Revised Complete Guide And Descriptive Book Of Mexico.
Chicago. 1904. 8vo, 351 p. fold. map, illus. Maroon cloth. Fine
copy.
I.D.#03226.
Harold R. Maxson. A Practical Up-To-Date
Guide To Mexico City And Vicinity With Excursions To Toluca,
Amecameca, Xochimilco, Cuernavaca And San Juan Teotihuacan.
American Book & Printing Co. Mexico City. 1907. 12mo, iv,239 p.
illus. Green cloth, water stained. Cover title: Hoeck's Guide to
Mexico. I.D.#03225.
Baedeker, Karl. The United States With
Excursions To Mexico, Cuba, Port Rico, And Alaska. Handbook For
Travellers by Karl Baedeker with 33 maps and 48 plans.
Fourth Revised Edition. Karl Baedeker/Charles Scribner's
Sons/T. Fisher Unwin. Leipsic/New York/London. 1909. Thick 12mo,
cii,724 p. col. maps, plans. Rose cloth. top of spine pulled,
otherwise fine. Manages to squeeze Texas in last two U.S. pages:
"Dallas... in the centre of a rich corn, wheat and cotton
producing district. ...In 1897 a Confederate Monument was erected
here..." "Fort Worth ... Is the chief railway centre of Texas...
Beyond (F.W.), the line traverses an interminable cattle-raising
district." I.D.#05037.
Baedeker, Karl. The United States With
Excursions To Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, And Alaska. Handbook For
Travellers by Karl Baedeker with 33 maps and 48 plans.
Fourth Revised Edition. Karl Baedeker/Charles Scribner's
Sons/T. Fisher Unwin. Leipzig/New York/London. 1909. 12mo, cii,724
p. Col. fold. maps, col. fold. plans. Dark red cloth. One map
loose and frayed, top of spine gone. Browned and dry.
I.D.#07458. |
