History of South America and Mexico; Comprising their Discovery, Geography, Politics, Commerce and Revolutions
NILES, JOHN M.
From Irving Book Company, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 24 November 2020
From Irving Book Company, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 24 November 2020
About this Item
Two volumes bound as one. 8vo. 5 x 8.125 in. 369; 230 pp. Contemporary brown calf, ornamented in blind, titled and ornamented in gilt. Illustrated with engraved title page; with engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, two engraved portraits, of Antonio López de Santa Ana and Samuel Houston; hand-colored fourteen-panel folding map of South America at rear. Title continues: '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.'. Zeuxian Society (Caldwell Institute) bookplate to front pastedown, with the motto nunc adbibe puro pectore verba (Hor. Ep. 1.2.67 'now drink up words with a bright, undefiled mind'). The Caldwell Institute, named after Joseph Caldwell, the first president of the University of North Carolina, was a short-lived, early 19th-century Presbyterian school in North Carolina designed to provide a classical education imbued with Christian principles. Howes N 156. Sabin 55319. Good. Ex-library, with stamps to top and bottom edge, pocket at rear. Moderate wear and rubbing to covers, with some scrapes. Preliminary blank excised. Black marker to front pastedown and verso of frontispiece; light foxing throughout. First (of two) hand-colored maps torn out, with a small section remaining; second map intact, with one closed tear along one of the folds. Binding square and tight. Seller Inventory # 1499
Bibliographic Details
Title: History of South America and Mexico; ...
Publisher: H. Huntington, Hartford
Publication Date: 1838
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: Second Edition.
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