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Acapulco, een stadt in Nieu Spanye, gelegen aen de Zuidzee, nevens het flot S. Diego. Aquapulco, fire Acapulco, Hispaniae novae Civitas, ad mare pacificum, portu jucundissimo praedita.
Acapulco, een stadt in Nieu Spanye, gelegen aen de Zuidzee, nevens het flot S. Diego. Aquapulco, fire Acapulco, Hispaniae novae Civitas, ad mare pacificum, portu jucundissimo praedita.
Pet. Schenk. Amsteld cum Privil: [1702.]
Engraving. Plate 215 x 265mm. 8½ x 10½". Large margins.
Acapulco, Mexico; which was the most important port for Spain in the Americas on the Pacific coast. Plate to Schenk's 'Hecatompolis' (1702), which included one hundred profile views of cities throughout the world.
Hollstein, vol XV, nos.1306-1405.
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Los Alijos, rochers situee a l'Ouest de la cote de la Basse Californie.
Los Alijos, rochers situee a l'Ouest de la cote de la Basse Californie.
Masselot del. Lith par E. Lassalle. Lith. de Thierry, freres, Paris.
[Paris: Gide, 1840-1844.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 200 x 310mm. 8 x 12¼". Some faint marginal spotting.
Rocas Alijos (or Escollos Alijos, in English Alijos Rocks) are a group of tiny, steep and barren volcanic rocks in the Pacific Ocean 300km west of the coast of Mexico, and part of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. From 'Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate "La Vénus" pendant les années 1836-1839...' by Abel Du Petit-Thouars (1793 - 1864).
BNF: FRBNF33990802.
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Penitences Mexicaines. Sacrifice des Captifs.
Penitences Mexicaines. Sacrifice des Captifs.
B. Picart, del. Tom VII. No. 18.
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate 341 x 221mm. Sheet 390 x 252mm. Some spots of staining in the upper part of the image.
Two scenes. 1. Mexican penitences. Before the Gods, Mexicans punish themselves for sinning, whilst musicians accompany their pains with music of the Gods. 2. Sacrifice of the Captives. High Priests at the altar of the Gods sacrifice prisoners as an offering to please the Gods. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 12503]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Album Del Ferro-Carril Mexicano.
Album Del Ferro-Carril Mexicano. Cordoba (Tomado desde el camino de Coscomatepec.)
C. Castro pino. Chromolitogo. por. A. Sigogne. Propiedad de Victor Debray, editor e impresor.
[n.d., c.1880.]
Chromolithograph, image 240 x 355mm. 9½ x 14".
A prospect of Cordoba, the Mexican state of Veracruz. Plate to the 'Album del ferrocarril mexicano' [Album of the Mexican Railroad], which celebrated the landscape of Mexico as the country was being transformed by the advent of rail transportation. Casimiro Castro (1826 - 1889) was a Mexican lithographer, draftsman and painter, considered one of the great Mexican lithographers and landscape artists of the 19th century. His works hold both historic and artistic value in Mexico today, and are in the collections of Mexican museums. The versatile artist also created designs for facades and shop interiors, posters, landscapes and even fashion designs. Numbered 'Lama. X.' upper right.
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The Interview of Cortes and Motezuma in the City of Mexico. Vol. 2 Page. 97.
The Interview of Cortes and Motezuma in the City of Mexico. Vol. 2 Page. 97. 1. Motezuma in his Royal Robes. 2. Cortes puting a rich Collar about the neck of Motezuma. 3. The Chair and Canopy of Motezuma. 4. The Guard that attended Cortes.
J. Mynde Sc.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Copper Engraving. 225 x 340mm (9 x 13½"). Large margins on 3 sides. Slight creasing & minor tears along lower edge.
On November 8, 1519, Montezuma (c.1466-1520) met Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) on the causeway leading into Tenochtitlan and the two leaders exchanged gifts. Montezuma gave Cortés the gift of an Aztec calendar, one disc of crafted gold and another of silver. Cortés later melted these down for their material value.

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East Side of Xalapa.
East Side of Xalapa.
Drawn on the Spot by W. Bullock Junr. I. Clark sc.
Published by I. [John] Murray, London, 1825.
Aquatint and etching, folding plate to William Bullock's 'Six Months’ Residence and Travels in Mexico'. Sheet 160 x 215mm. 6¼ x 8½".
A view at Xalapa or Jalapa, Mexico. William Bullock (c.1773 - 1849), traveller, naturalist, and antiquarian, established the London Museum, also known as the Egyptian Hall or Museum, or Bullock's Museum, at 22 Piccadilly in 1812. His book is an interesting account of a journey in Mexico, illustrated with topographical views and images of indigenous Mexicans. Upon his return to England from an 1822 trip to the country, he advertised an exhibition on Mexico at the Museum. The exhibition catalogue was titled 'Catalogue of the Exhibition, called Modern Mexico; containing a panoramic view of the city, with specimens of the natural history of New Spain ... Now open for public inspection at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.'
Abbey Travel: 666, 5. See British Library 1050.k.16. For the book see ref: 13338.
[Ref: 26721]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Mazatlan.
Mazatlan.
Bayard Taylor
Lith. of Saroy & Major, N.Y. [c.1855]
Tinted lithograph, printed area 105 x 155mm (4 x 6").
The city of Mazatlan on the western coast of Mexico, in the state of Sinaloa. By or after Bayard Taylor (1825-78), American polymath who in 1850 published a two-volume collection of travel essays about Mexico, 'El Dorado; or, Adventures in the Path of Empire'.
[Ref: 45594]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Deity who presides over Hunting.
Deity who presides over Hunting. Divinité qui préside à la Chasse.
B. Picart Delin. C. Du Bose Exc.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving. Sheet: 215 x 175mm (8½ x 7"). Trimmed within plate.
A scene of Mexican religious ritual from Bernard Picart and Jean Frederic Bernard's 'Ceremonies et costumes religeuses de tous peuples du monde' 1723-1737. The scene shows a figure sitting on a a covered dais watching over a ceremonial mass killing of various animals including panthers, bears and deer.
[Ref: 42057]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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America Settentrionale. La Città del Messico.
America Settentrionale. La Città del Messico.
Barbieri, dis. Lit. dei Fr. Terzaghi.
Milano, Francesco Pagnoni, Editore. [n.d. c.1857
Hand-coloured lithograph. 157 x 229mm. 6¼ x 9".
A view looking towards Mexico City, the Federal District from the northwestern city district Azcapotzalco.
[Ref: 20783]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Spanish America.
Spanish America.
Drawn and Engraved for Thomson's New General Atlas. [Edinburgh: John Thomson, c.1815.]
Engraved map with original hand colour. 530 x 640mm (20¾ x 25¼"). Paper pasted around printed border at bottom to hide damp stains.
A map of Mexico in the early 19th century, which included parts of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Louisiana. At the top of the map is an attempt to depict the Salt Lake of Utah.
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Mexican Lords with a Slave going before them with a Bow and Arrow.
Mexican Lords with a Slave going before them with a Bow and Arrow.
to face page 232. of the Universe display'd. [After Bernard Picart?]
[Printed by R. Goadby. 1777.]
Engraving. 103 x 160mm. 4 x 6¼".
Mexican nobles fully dressed with suitable head-dress to determine their rank, preceded by a slave who holds a bow an arrow to protect them. Other natives shoot towards two running antelopes.
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Ceremony of the Mexicans Presenting their new born Infants to the Priests.
Ceremony of the Mexicans Presenting their new born Infants to the Priests.
to face page 200. of the Universe display'd.
[Printed by R. Goadby. 1777.]
Engraving. 112 x 159mm. 4½ x 6¼".
By presenting their babies, Mexicans thank God for their children. A circumcision and baptist ritual.
[Ref: 24226]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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City of Mexico.
City of Mexico.
Drawn by G.F. Sargent. Henry Adlard.
W.R. Mc.Phun & Son. Publishers, Glasgow. [n.d. c.1860.]
Engraving. 165 x 248mm. 6½ x 9¾". Crease.
Mexico city in the 19th century with the zocalo and cathedral visible and the old roman amphitheatre.
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City of Mexico.
City of Mexico.
Drawn by G.F. Sargent. Henry Adlard.
William Mackenzie, London, Edinburgh & Glasgow. [n.d. c.1860.]
Engraving. 165 x 222mm. 6½ x 8¾".
Mexico city in the 19th century with the zocalo and cathedral visible and the old roman amphitheatre.
[Ref: 20784]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Les Espagnols se rendent maitre de Montezuma dans Mexico même.
Les Espagnols se rendent maitre de Montezuma dans Mexico même.
J.M. Moreau le Jeane, Del. N. De Launay sculp. 1780.
[Geneva: Pellet, c.1780.]
Engraving with large margins. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½").
The capture of the Aztec king Montezuma by the Spanish. A plate from the Abbé Raynal's 'Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens des Européens dans les deux Indes', a study of colonialism heavily influenced by the Englightenment, banned in his native France in 1779.
[Ref: 31840]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Morning Salutations In Mexico.
Morning Salutations In Mexico.
Drawn by Linaty. Engraved by J. Clark.
Pub: by H. Colburn, London, 1829.
Aquatint with etching, sheet 210 x 150mm. 8¼ x 5¾". Lacking upper and lower margins.
Plate IV to 'Travels in the Interior of Mexico in 1825, 1826, 1827 and 1828', Henry Colburn 1829.
Abbey Travel: 669, 4. Sabin: 30357.
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Album Del Ferro-Carril Mexicano.
Album Del Ferro-Carril Mexicano. Puente Del Chiquihuite.
C. Castro pino. Chromolitogo. por. A. Sigogne. Propiedad de Victor Debray, editor e impresor.
[n.d., c.1880.]
Chromolithograph, image 240 x 350mm. 9½ x 13¾".
A newly-constructed rail bridge in Mexico. Plate to the 'Album del ferrocarril mexicano' [Album of the Mexican Railroad], which celebrated the landscape of Mexico as the country was being transformed by the advent of rail transportation. Casimiro Castro (1826 - 1889) was a Mexican lithographer, draftsman and painter, considered one of the great Mexican lithographers and landscape artists of the 19th century. His works hold both historic and artistic value in Mexico today, and are in the collections of Mexican museums. The versatile artist also created designs for facades and shop interiors, posters, landscapes and even fashion designs. Numbered 'Lama. VI' upper right.
[Ref: 9765]   £250.00   (£300.00 incl.VAT)
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Combat des Brigantins de Cortez contre les canots des Mexiquain.
Combat des Brigantins de Cortez contre les canots des Mexiquain.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Rare copper engraving. Sheet 140 x 180mm, 5½ x 7".
View of Mexico City or Tenochtitlán in Lake Texcoco with European ships firing guns at native American boats or canoes. Published in a French edition of Antonio de Solis's "Histoire de la conqueste du Mexique ou de la nouvelle Espagne, par Fernand Cortez".
[Ref: 17831]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Siecle des Mexiquains. Anne de Mexiquains.
Siecle des Mexiquains. Anne de Mexiquains. Les Mexiquains expliquoient leurs pensées, et donnoient une idée des choses sensibles par des Hieroglyphes, à la façon des Anciens Egyptiens. C'êst de cette maniere que leur Siecle et leur année etoient representez. Une Rouë peinte contenoit l'espace d'un Siecle distingué par années et chargé des evenemens memorables. Le Siecle etoit de 52. Années Solaires, chacune de 365. jours, 4 indictions de 13. Ans chacune formoient la division de la rouë & repondoient aux 4. parties du Monde de la maniere suivante. Un Serpent environnoit cette Rouë, et marquoit pas ses 4. noeuds les 4. divisions, l'Hieroglyphe de la premiere, qui marquoit le Midi, etoit un Lapin, sur un fond bleu, que l'on appelloit TOCHTLILA. de la seconde pour l'Orient , une canne sur un fond rouge. on l'appelloit ACATL. de la troisieme pour le Nord, une épée avec une pointe de pierre sur un fond jaune. on l'appelloit TECPATL. de la quatrieme pour l'Occident, une maison sur du verd. on l'appelloit CAGLI. Entre ces quatre divisions, il y en avoit douze petites dans lesquelles les quatre Hieroglyphes étoient distribués successivement en donnant à chacun sa valeur numerale jusqu'à 13. qui etoient le nombre d'année qui composoient l'indiction. on faisoit la même chose dans la deuxième indiction. avec les mêmes noms depuis jusqu'à 13. dans la troisieme et quatrieme jusqu'à ce que le Cercle de 52. Ans fut fini, de la maniere qui suit. On observoit cette maniere de compter par treize non seulement dans les années; mais aussi dans les mois, Ils recommencoient lors qu'ils arrivoient à 13. L'Année solaire etoit de 365. jours, et les Mois de 20. leurs noms & leurs Hieroglyphes sont marquez dans la figure par 1. 2. 3. & ainsi de suite jusqu'à 18. Pour faire l'Année complette de 365. jours, les Mexiquains en ajoutoient 5. aux 18. mois de 20. jours chacun, qui faisoient l'Année.
[B. Picart Delin.] Tom VII. No. 20.
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate 341 x 220mm. Sheet 391 x 251mm.
A circular disc representing the various years and months within the Mexican Century. The serpent that surrounds the circle marks out four different sections with its coils, and divides the circle into an upside-down compass. The North points down and is represented by the spearhead: Tecpatl; East is represented by a Cane: Acatl; West by a House: Cagli; and South by a rabbit: Tochtlila. There are 16 hieroglyphics equally distributed between each four sections. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
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Mariage des Mexicains. Ceremonies que les Mexicains pratiquent à l'egard de leurs Enfans.
Mariage des Mexicains. Ceremonies que les Mexicains pratiquent à l'egard de leurs Enfans.
B. Picart, del. Tom VII. No. 22.
[Paris: Antoine Laporte, c.1789.]
Copper engraving. Bookplate. Plate 342 x 218mm. Sheet 391 x 250mm. Spot in the bottom section of the image.
Two scenes. 1. A Mexican marriage. Taken place at the bottom of the steps of a temple, overseen and graced by the Gods. 2. A ceremony and ritual that Mexicans carry-out regarding their Children. Machisitic male figures prepare young boys for circumcision, as women reluctantly hand their children over, and one in the foreground praying and begging for her son not to be taken. The God of fertility oversees the whole ceremony. Published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
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North Coast of Mexico.
North Coast of Mexico.
W.S. Andrews, del. T.G.Dutton, lith.
Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen. [London, c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph, sheet 270 x 370mm. 10½ x 14½".
Two prospects of the Gulf coast of Mexico, the top one with the Pico de Orizaba, Mexico's highest mountain and the world's second most prominent volcano, in the distance. From 'Andrews's Illustrations of the West Indies'.
[Ref: 17738]   £330.00  
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View of the City and Valley of Mexico, from Tacubaya.
View of the City and Valley of Mexico, from Tacubaya.
Drawn on the Spot by W. Bullock Junr. I. Clark sc.
Published by I. [John] Murray, London, 1824.
Aquatint and etching, folding frontispiece to William Bullock's 'Six Months’ Residence and Travels in Mexico'. Sheet 225 x 425mm. 9 x 16¾".
Panoramic view featuring Mexico City and the surrounding topography. William Bullock (c.1773 - 1849), traveller, naturalist, and antiquarian, established the London Museum, also known as the Egyptian Hall or Museum, or Bullock's Museum, at 22 Piccadilly in 1812. His book is an interesting account of a journey in Mexico, illustrated with topographical views and images of indigenous Mexicans. Upon his return to England from an 1822 trip to the country, he advertised an exhibition on Mexico at the Museum. The exhibition catalogue was titled 'Catalogue of the Exhibition, called Modern Mexico; containing a panoramic view of the city, with specimens of the natural history of New Spain ... Now open for public inspection at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.'
Abbey Travel: 666, 1. See British Library 1050.k.16. For the book see item Ref: 13338.
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S: Francisco de Campesche, een wel betimmery Stedeken in het Lantschap Jukatan, Vruchtbaer van campeschi hout en Indigo. S: Francisi de Campegia Sanum, regionis Jucatanae, nobile collectione ligni Campeni et Indigo oppidulum.
S: Francisco de Campesche, een wel betimmery Stedeken in het Lantschap Jukatan, Vruchtbaer van campeschi hout en Indigo. S: Francisi de Campegia Sanum, regionis Jucatanae, nobile collectione ligni Campeni et Indigo oppidulum.
Pet. Schenk. Amsteld C.P. [n.d. c.1702.]
Engraving. Plate 215 x 267mm. 8½ x 10½". Large margins.
The fortified city of San Francisco de Campeche, Mexico; situated on the shore of the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico. Two main forst protected the city from two nearby hills on each side, the forts of San José el Alto and San Miguel. Plate to Schenk's 'Hecatompolis' (1702), which included one hundred profile views of cities throughout the world.
NMM: PAD0908. Hollstein, vol XV, nos.1306-1405.
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The Alameda of México, Taken from a Balloon. La Alameda de México, Tomada en Globo. L'Alameda de México, Prise en Ballon.
The Alameda of México, Taken from a Balloon. La Alameda de México, Tomada en Globo. L'Alameda de México, Prise en Ballon. México y Sus Alrededores.
C.Castro, del.y.Lito. México, Litog. de Decaen, Portal del Coliseo Viejo. Propiedad del Editor.
[n.d. c.1858.]
Tinted lithograph. 306 x 387mm. 12 x 15¼".
The Alameda Central is the oldest municipal park in Mexico City, look towards the zocalo to the right and the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
[Ref: 18601]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Veduta del Messico.
Veduta del Messico. Amer. Tav. CXVII.
Verico inc.
[Milan: Antonio Fortunato Stella, 1816-27.]
Etching. Plate 152 x 234mm. 6 x 9¼".
A view of Mexico City in Lake Tenochtitlan. From 'Il Costume Antico e Moderno' by Dr Giulio Ferrario. It documented and compared clothes and costumes from around the world and across the ages, it was one of the most important and thorough works on this subjects.
[Ref: 20938]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Gran Piazza della Città del Messico.
Gran Piazza della Città del Messico. Amer. Tav. CXVIII.
R.F.inc.
[Milan: Antonio Fortunato Stella, 1816-27.]
Etching. Plate 229 x 317mm. 9 x 12½". Folds in paper, as issued.
The Zocalo of Mexico City, with the prominent equestrian statue of Charles IV of Spain by Manuel Tolsa. From 'Il Costume Antico e Moderno' by Dr Giulio Ferrario. It documented and compared clothes and costumes from around the world and across the ages, it was one of the most important and thorough works on this subjects.
See Ref: 18600 for aquatint earlier impression.
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Ancien Mexico. Oud Mexico. [&] Nouveau Mexico. Nieuw Mexico.
Ancien Mexico. Oud Mexico. [&] Nouveau Mexico. Nieuw Mexico.
J. V. Schley direx.
[The Hague, c.1760.]
Pair of engravings. Each c. 210 x 290mm (8¼ x 11½"). Binding folds flattened.
Pair of views of the development of Mexico City. The first shows the early Spanish settlement, built after the Conquistadors had destroyed the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in 1521. The second is a view of the city from the mid-1600s, taken from Montanus, showing the city after the lake had been drained after the terrible floods of 1621. Both views were engraved by Jakob van der Schley for a Dutch edition of Prevost's 'Histoire de Voyages', which reproduced the original illustrations by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.
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Northern Extremity of Puebla de Los Angelos.
Northern Extremity of Puebla de Los Angelos.
Drawn on the Spot by W. Bullock Junr. 1823. I. Clark sc.
Published by I. [John] Murray, London, 1825.
Aquatint and etching, folding plate to William Bullock's 'Six Months’ Residence and Travels in Mexico'. Sheet 160 x 215mm. 6¼ x 8½".
A prospect of the city of Puebla in Mexico. William Bullock (c.1773 - 1849), traveller, naturalist, and antiquarian, established the London Museum, also known as the Egyptian Hall or Museum, or Bullock's Museum, at 22 Piccadilly in 1812. His book is an interesting account of a journey in Mexico, illustrated with topographical views and images of indigenous Mexicans. Upon his return to England from an 1822 trip to the country, he advertised an exhibition on Mexico at the Museum. The exhibition catalogue was titled 'Catalogue of the Exhibition, called Modern Mexico; containing a panoramic view of the city, with specimens of the natural history of New Spain ... Now open for public inspection at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.'
Abbey Travel: 666, 7. See British Library 1050.k.16. For the book see item Ref: 13338.
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A Horse Market _ Sonora.
A Horse Market _ Sonora.
F. Marryat. J. Brandard.
M. & N. Hanhart, imp.t. [n.d., 1855.]
Rare tinted lithograph. Sheet 135 x 200mm (5¼ x 8").
A man sits on the horse he is auctioning, taking bids from a crowd of men from various classes, including Spaniards, Chinese, businessmen, pioneers, and African Americans. Behind is 'The Miner's Saloon'. From Frank Samuel Marryat's ''Mountains and Molehills, or Recollections of a Burnt Journal'', a sportsman-tourist's chronicle of California in the early 1850s, describing hunting, horse races, bear and bull fights. It also includes his bemused comments on social life in San Francisco, Stockton, and the gold fields. Marryat (1826-1855) left England for California via Panama with a manservant and three hunting dogs in 1850, hoping to find material for a book like his earlier Borneo. He returned to England in 1853 to marry; returning to California the same year he contracted yellow fever on board, forcing him to cut short the trip short and return to England, published this book just before he died.
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Vera Cruiz.
Vera Cruiz.
W.S. Andrews, del. T.G.Dutton, lith.
Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen. [London, c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph, sheet 270 x 370mm. 10½ x 14½".
Ships entering the harbour of Veracruz, a major port city on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz. From 'Andrews's Illustrations of the West Indies'.
[Ref: 17737]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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South Side of Veracruz, from the Castle of San Juan de Ulua.
South Side of Veracruz, from the Castle of San Juan de Ulua.
Drawn on the Spot by W. Bullock Junr. 1823. I. Clark sc.
Published by I. [John] Murray, London, 1825.
Aquatint and etching, folding plate to William Bullock's 'Six Months’ Residence and Travels in Mexico'. Sheet 160 x 215mm. 6¼ x 8½".
A prospect of Veracruz, a major port city on the Gulf of Mexico; sailing boats in foreground. William Bullock (c.1773 - 1849), traveller, naturalist, and antiquarian, established the London Museum, also known as the Egyptian Hall or Museum, or Bullock's Museum, at 22 Piccadilly in 1812. His book is an interesting account of a journey in Mexico, illustrated with topographical views and images of indigenous Mexicans. Upon his return to England from an 1822 trip to the country, he advertised an exhibition on Mexico at the Museum. The exhibition catalogue was titled 'Catalogue of the Exhibition, called Modern Mexico; containing a panoramic view of the city, with specimens of the natural history of New Spain ... Now open for public inspection at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.'
Abbey Travel: 666, 2. See British Library 1050.k.16. For the book see ref: 13338.
[Ref: 26722]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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