Lot 595
  • 595

Hardy, Robert William Hale

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • Hardy, Robert William Hale
  • Travels in the Interior of Mexico. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (213 x 130mm.), xiv, 540pp., 2 engraved maps, one folding, 6 aquatint plates, contemporary vellum, full gilt flat spine, gilt panelled covers, blue endpapers, gilt edges, plates and some text leaves spotted

"Mr Hardy was sent out to search for pearls in the Gulf of California. His book is full of information on the little-known regions of Sonora and Lower California" (Sabin).

Literature

Abbey, Travel 669; Sabin 30357

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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