[Rarebooks] FS - Vigne's travels in Mexico, etc.

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*VIGNE, G. T., /TRAVELS IN MEXICO, SOUTH AMERICA, Etc., Etc/*. Complete 
two volume set bound in publisher's brick-red cloth, with folding map, 
and coloured lithographed plates. Wm. H. Allen & Co., London. 1863. 1st 
edition, 8vo, pp. iv, 374; 317, 6 [six page publisher's catalogue].

Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1801-1863) attended Harrow and studied law at 
Lincoln's Inn. He visited the United States in 1831 and published an 
account of his observations the following year. In the same year he left 
for India, spending the next seven years travelling throughout Kashmir, 
Landak, and parts of Central Asia. He published his accounts of these 
travels in two books (1840 and 1842) which together give a valuable view 
of northern and western India immediately before the imposition of 
British control. Commencing in 1852, Vigne visited the West Indies, 
Mexico, and Nicaragua and passed northwards through New Orleans to New 
York City. He died in England in July, 1863, whilst completing the 
manuscript for this book. The publisher's Preface observes that Vigne 
was neither a professional author nor a commissioned tourist. [He] 
travelled for his own amusement, saw much, and was assisted in his 
observations by the possession of some knowledge of science.

This is a very scarce title, no copies currently being offered for sale, 
and none having recently come to auction. Illustrated with, inter alia, 
two coloured stone lithographed frontispieces; one of the "Chief of the 
Chippeways" and the other being a "Sioux Chief"; and a colored plate in 
vol. I entitled "Calle - San Francisco" (California had recently been 
"liberated" from Mexico), plus other coloured plates.

The binding of vol. I is worn and soiled, with small pulls to the spine 
ends. The endpapers are tight, although the binding is sprung. 
Occasional foxing throughout. Former owner's name and date (1877) on 
half-title page. Vol. II is bumped but in better condition, with less 
soiling and the binding being tight. The folding map of South America at 
the end of the book has been professionally repaired.

Price: $1,250.00

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