Author: Bullock, William (ca. 1773-1849) ; Jean Henri Marlet (1771-1847), artist
Title: Atlas Historique Pour Servir Au Mexique En 1823, Avec L'Explication Des Planches. (Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico). First Edition in French
Description: Paris: Alexia Eymery; Bruxelles: chez Brunet; 1824. Oblong 4to. 24.5 x 19.5cm. Later quarter roan. Repairs and stains on the first 6 pages.Waterstain on 2 large folding plates of city plans. Further 18 lithographs plates; several handcolored.. Frontispiece portrait of Bullock and 20 further plates. OCLC 34493057: Plates copied from the original engravings in Bullock's English ed. Six month's residence and travels in Mexico; Plates lithographed by Marlet after Boquet, Brison, Marlet and Lepinoy....William Bullock was an English traveler, naturalist, and antiquarian. After Mexico became independent from Spanish rule in 1821, he became one of the first British travelers to visit in 1823. He spent six months in the central region of the country, particularly Mexico City and its surroundings in the valley of Mexico. His account of his travels and experiences and his exhibit in London the following year of ancient and modern Mexican artifacts, wax models of Mexicans in local dress, and natural fauna and fruits prompted British interest and investment in Mexico in the 1820s. The plates in Bullock’s book, based on his own drawings, depict indigenous peoples in native dress, ancient deities, scenes of early nineteenth-century social life, and landscapes of the cities he visited... [BULLOCK (William)] - - - 1 volume grand In-8° oblong (atlas seul) - Fortes auréoles aux 9 premiers feuillets, 6 premiers feuillets restaurés, petit trou au titre et aux 3 feuillets suivants, quelques rousseurs - 11 pages, 1 portrait frontispice et 20 planches hors texte dont 2 plans dépliants de Mexico (ancienne et nouvelle ville) et 6 planches de costumes en couleurs - Reliure postérieure XIXe siècle demi-basane fauve - Dos lisse orné et titré or - 1ère édition française de l'atlas pour accompagner l'important texte de Bullock (en 2 volumes In-8°) sur le Mexique, 3 ans après son indépendance .."Cet atlas .. a été dessiné sur les lieux, par M. Bullock .."--Avis Traduction de: Six months' residence and travels in Mexico. London : J. Murray, 1824 Accompagnant: Le Mexique 1823, ou Relation d'un voyage dans la Nouvelle-Espagne .. : accompagné d'un atlas de vingt planches / par M. Bullock.. Expertise by Caroline Velk. .
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Title: Atlas Historique Pour Servir Au Mexique En 1823, Avec L'Explication Des Planches. (Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico). First Edition in French
Description: Paris: Alexia Eymery; Bruxelles: chez Brunet; 1824. Oblong 4to. 24.5 x 19.5cm. Later quarter roan. Repairs and stains on the first 6 pages.Waterstain on 2 large folding plates of city plans. Further 18 lithographs plates; several handcolored.. Frontispiece portrait of Bullock and 20 further plates. OCLC 34493057: Plates copied from the original engravings in Bullock's English ed. Six month's residence and travels in Mexico; Plates lithographed by Marlet after Boquet, Brison, Marlet and Lepinoy....William Bullock was an English traveler, naturalist, and antiquarian. After Mexico became independent from Spanish rule in 1821, he became one of the first British travelers to visit in 1823. He spent six months in the central region of the country, particularly Mexico City and its surroundings in the valley of Mexico. His account of his travels and experiences and his exhibit in London the following year of ancient and modern Mexican artifacts, wax models of Mexicans in local dress, and natural fauna and fruits prompted British interest and investment in Mexico in the 1820s. The plates in Bullock’s book, based on his own drawings, depict indigenous peoples in native dress, ancient deities, scenes of early nineteenth-century social life, and landscapes of the cities he visited... [BULLOCK (William)] - - - 1 volume grand In-8° oblong (atlas seul) - Fortes auréoles aux 9 premiers feuillets, 6 premiers feuillets restaurés, petit trou au titre et aux 3 feuillets suivants, quelques rousseurs - 11 pages, 1 portrait frontispice et 20 planches hors texte dont 2 plans dépliants de Mexico (ancienne et nouvelle ville) et 6 planches de costumes en couleurs - Reliure postérieure XIXe siècle demi-basane fauve - Dos lisse orné et titré or - 1ère édition française de l'atlas pour accompagner l'important texte de Bullock (en 2 volumes In-8°) sur le Mexique, 3 ans après son indépendance .."Cet atlas .. a été dessiné sur les lieux, par M. Bullock .."--Avis Traduction de: Six months' residence and travels in Mexico. London : J. Murray, 1824 Accompagnant: Le Mexique 1823, ou Relation d'un voyage dans la Nouvelle-Espagne .. : accompagné d'un atlas de vingt planches / par M. Bullock.. Expertise by Caroline Velk. .
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Price: US$ 1250.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
- Book number: 51-5674
- Book number: 51-5674
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