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Spanish America; or a Descriptive, Historical, and Geographical Account of the Dominions of Spain in the Western Hemisphere, Continental & Insular

Spanish America; or a Descriptive, Historical, and Geographical Account of the Dominions of Spain in the Western Hemisphere, Continental & Insular

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Spanish America; or a Descriptive, Historical, and Geographical Account of the Dominions of Spain in the Western Hemisphere, Continental & Insular

by Bonnycastle, R.H

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Philadelphia: Abraham Small, 1819. First American edition. Rebacked in style with tan paper spine over original blue-gray paper covered boards. A very good copy, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, small marginal tear to map expertly repaired.. XX, [21]-482 pp. + adv. [2 pp]. Illus. with a map and color engraving (both folding). 8vo. "Illustrated by a Map of North and South America, and the West India Islands; and an Engraving, Representing the Comparative Altitudes of the Mountains of those Regions." Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791-1847), an officer of the British army, "compiled his work with considerable care from the writings of Humboldt, and from the standard early Spanish books upon the American colonies. His volumes present a very useful summary of the condition of old Spanish America at the time when the several colonies began their career as independent states," (Larned, p. 443). This first American edition in one volume was preceded in 1818 by the English two volume edition. Sabin 6333. Palau 32836. Spain & Spanish America I: 100. Lowndes I: 235. Larned 3909. Hill p. 53.

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Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB US (US)
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Title
Spanish America; or a Descriptive, Historical, and Geographical Account of the Dominions of Spain in the Western Hemisphere, Continental & Insular
Author
Bonnycastle, R.H
Format/Binding
Rebacked in style with tan paper spine over original blue-gray paper covered boards
Book Condition
Used - A very good copy, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, small marginal tear to map expertly repaired.
Quantity Available
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Edition
First American edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Abraham Small
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Date Published
1819
Keywords
, Latin America, South America, Latin America, Latin Americana, Spanish America, 2010NYCBKFR, newyork2011, Book

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