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Auction 752, Lot # 269

HM - Frost, John.
Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War.
Philadelphia: Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co., 1849.
4o., 640 p.
Comprising an Account of the Ancient Aztec Empire, the Conquest by Cortes, Mexico Under the Spaniards, the Mexican Revolution, the Republic, the Texan War, and the Recent War with the United State.
Embellished with five hundred engravings, from desings of W. Croome and other distinguished artists.
Frontispicio plegado en color "Landing of the Troops at Veracruz", 32 láminas (6 en color), e ilustraciones intercaladas en el texto. Las 6 láminas a color muestran escenas de la guerra contra los Estados Unidos: "Battle of Buena Vista", "Bombardment of Vera Cruz", "Battle of Cerro Gordo", "Battle of Churubusco", "Storming of Chapultepec" y "Entrance of the Army into the City of Mexico".
Lomo y pastas gastados; texto con puntos de óxido; frontispicio plegado recortado en margen inferior y dos rasgaduras en márgenes, sin afectar imagen; páginas 387 - 388 y 403 - 404, sin punta inferior.
Encuadernado en pasta dura, en piel.
Palau: 95201. Sólo cita la edición de 1856.
Estimado $8,000-10,000


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