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1852 Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata: From Their Discovery and Conquest By the Spaniards to the Establishment of Their Political Independence.
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Description
Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
The second edition.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, cloth-backed folding map, five plates, and eighteen in-text engravings.
Collated, complete.
An extensive historical study on Buenos Aires, looking at the development of the city from its conquest by Spain, to their political independence.
Including an appendix containing historical documents and statistical tables.
The author, Woodbine Parish worked in Buenos Aires from 1823 to 1832 as Consul General, he signed the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation with Argentina.
Thirty-two pages of adverts to the rear. Advertising slip bound before the rear endpaper, advertising this work.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A little rubbing and discolouration to the boards and spine. Some small marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and generally clean with some odd spots. Folding map is detached but present, tide mark to the head of the map, map is a little age-toned. Plate facing page 97 is detaching.
Good
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