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(MEXICO--PLATE BOOKS.) Carlos Nebel. Viaje Pintoresco y Arqueolojico . . . de la Republica Mejicana, en los Años . . . 1829 hasta 1834. 34 (of 50) plates, 18 of them boldly hand-colored. 22 (of 30) text leaves. Folio, 21 x 14 inches, later 1/2 morocco, moderate wear; a few short closed tears, minor dampstaining in margin of last half of volume. Paris and Mexico, 1840
Skillfully executed views by a German engineer who spent 5 years in Mexico. Alexander Humboldt wrote the introduction. This is a later edition, originally issued as Voyage Pittoresque at Archéologique in 1836, and first under this title in 1839. The volume is usually found without a full complement of 50 plates, regardless of edition, and this is no exception. Miles & Reese, America Pictured to Life, 19; Palau 188867; Sabin 52178.
