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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
WITH A LONG APPENDIX ON TEXAS IN 1839 (TEXAS.) Blanchard, Pharamond; and Adrien Dauzats. San Juan de Ulua ou Relation de l'Expedition Francaise au Mexique. 18 plates on mounted India proof paper, plus text illustrations, all by the authors. xii, 591 pages. 4to on large paper, later 1/2 morocco, moderate wear; foxing; 1904 inscriptions on front free endpaper. Paris, 1839
Tells the story of the 1838 Battle of Veracruz, in which the French bombarded the Mexican fort at San Juan de Ulua. With a long appendix of Texan interest by Eugene Maissin: "Notes et documents et d'un l'Expedition Francaise au Mexique . . . d'un Apercu General sur l'Etat Actuel du Texas." Streeter notes: "The visit of the French officers to Brazoria, Houston, and Galveston in May 1839 is first described (four pages), and then follows a thoughtful description of the country, its government, commerce, and social customs." Howes B507 ("aa"); Palau 30412; Sabin 5832; Streeter, Texas 1343.
