Adrien DAUZATS, Pharamond BLANCHARD
San Juan de Ulùa ou relation de l'expédition française au Mexique, sous les ordres de M. le contre-amiral Baudin ; par MM. P. Blanchard et A. Dauzats. Suivi de notes et documents, et d'un aperçu général sur l'état actuel du Texas, par M. E. Maissin[San Juan de Ulúa; or, An Account of the French Expedition to Mexico, under the Command of Rear-Admiral Baudin; by P. Blanchard and A. Dauzats. Followed by Notes and Documents, and a General Survey of the Present State of Texas, by E. Maissin]
Gide |Paris 1839|18.5 x 28.3 cm|Relié
First edition, illustrated with 18 plates on China paper (cf. Sabin 5832. Leclerc 1075. Streeter, "Bibliography of Texas", 1343.)
Contemporary half tan calf, spine with four fine raised bands ruled in gilt and blind, gilt ornamental rolls partly faded at head and foot, hazel morocco lettering-piece, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges marbled.
Dampstaining to the lower margins of most leaves, more pronounced towards the start and the end of the volume; some foxing; two gatherings bound out of sequence by the binder, and the final four preliminary pages bound at the end of the volume; minor repairs to the joints; slight rubbing to the lower edges...
€1,600