Lot 194
  • 194

Bullock, William

Estimate
300 - 400 GBP
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Description

  • Bullock, William
  • Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico. London: John Murray, 1824
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (210 x 133mm.), [2], v-xii, 532pp., 2 folding engraved maps, folding table, 16 aquatint plates, 4 coloured by hand, contemporary pale half calf, spine gilt, green label, brown marbled boards and endpapers

Provenance

Earl of Ilchester, armorial bookplate

Literature

Sabin 9140

Condition

A fine copy
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Catalogue Note

"This author was the first English traveller in Mexico since Father Gage, in 1640" (Sabin). Gage's The English-American his Travail, by Sea and Land is to be included in a future sale.