[Rarebooks] FS: "The History of Mexico and Its Wars" w/colored folding map. New Orleans: 1882

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MEXICO) Frost, John. THE HISTORY OF MEXICO AND ITS WARS. Comprising an Account of the Aztec Empire, the Cortez Conquest, the Spaniards Rule, the Mexican Revolution, the Texan War, the War with the United States, and the Maximillian Invasion. Together with an Account of Mexican Commerce... and the Social Conditions of the People... Embellished with 500 Engravings... With a Colored Map, Showing All the Railroads and Proposed Roads... New Orleans, LA: Armand Hawkins. 1882. Lg. 8vo. 706pp. Woodcut frontispiece with a tissue guard. Text illustrated with 500 woodcuts (some full page). Mounted at rear is a color printed folding map of Mexico, accompanied with an (8) page index showing the "Railroads, States and Territories, Lakes and Rivers, Islands, Mountains, Etc. Together with Every Post Office, Railroad Station or Town..." Orig. brown pebbled cloth, gilt stamped central device on front cover. Gilt lettered spine, cloth faded and minor rubbing at bottom edges. Small round embossed library stamp at top of title page. Small bookplate on front pastedown.    $300.00 (trade discount allowed)

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