(MEXICO) Ward Henry George Mexico

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(MEXICO.) Ward, Henry George. Mexico. 2 folding maps, 13 plates (one colored), text illustrations. xxiv, 525, [1]; vii, 643 pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, later calf gilt, minor wear; moderate foxing to some plates, short closed tears to maps, lacking the usual two ad leaves at end; 1843 gift inscription on flyleaf, later bookplates and booksellers' tags on front pastedown. London, 1829

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Expanded second edition of Ward's "Mexico in 1827." A few interesting pages are devoted to Texas: "The ultimate incorporation of Texas with the Anglo-American States may . . . be regarded as by no means an improbable event" (page II:308). It also includes General Arthur Wavell's "Account of the Province of Texas" as an appendix (pages II:431-440). The illustrations are after drawings by the author's wife Emily Swinburne Ward. Abbey Travel 668n; Palau 374006; Sabin 101303; Streeter, Texas 1104A.