WILSON, Robert A. Mexico and its Religion; with Incidents of Travel in that Country during Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected with Places Visited. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1855.
8vo. Original cloth, spine lettered in gilt, ornamented in blind; pp. 406, wood-engraved portrait of Santa Anna as frontispiece, a few wood-engravings in the text; apart from a little wear to head of spine a very attractive copy, clean and fresh.
First edition of this narrative of the author's travels in Mexico, including a history ranging from the Aztecs to the current president of Mexico, Antonio López de Santa Anna. One chapter discusses Mexican California and the US American conquest, another deals with Texas.
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