[Rarebooks] FS: Very scarce survey of economic conditions in Mexico in 1873, w/maps & tables

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MEXICO) MEMORIA que el Secretario de Estado y del Despacho de Fomento: Colonizacion, Industria y Comercio de la Republica Mexicana, Presenta al Congreso de la Union, Conteniendo Documentos Hasta el 30 de Junio de 1873. Mexico: En la Calle de Tubercio Numero 18. 1873. 4to. 1061,(7)pp. With a total of 36 (see below) folding maps & tables (23 maps, 13 tables), some large folding. Orig. half green morocco over green cloth, extremities rubbed, but very sound.    $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
A very scarce "official" survey of the economic condition of Mexico at this date. The text is divided into 37 "documentos" covering conditions in all parts of the country. There are a number of chapters on Baja California with 3 fine maps, and one chapter titled, "Informe Sobre la Exploracion del Rio Colorado." OCLC records a total of 6 copies presently. Two records give the total plate count as 24 and 30, whereas we have 36.

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