Leather 1829 Guatimala The Republic of Central American Henry Dunn w/Rare Map

Description: Hardcover. 8vo. James Nisbet. 1829. 328 pgs. Maps. First Edition/First Printing. Rare Map of Guatemala present. Signed and inscribed by the author Henry Dunn on the reverse of the FFEP. Bound in 3/4 contemporary brown leather with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (boards are chipped and worn to the extremities). Previous owner's bookplate (Thomas Barbour, hepetologist, present to the reverse of the front board). Text is free of marks save for a few damp stains present along the fore edge. Binding tight and solid. one of the classic travelogues, written by an Anglican clergyman traveling in company with the Dutch consul general during the conflicts relating to the independence movement" (Grieb). According to Griffin, the principal value of this work lies in Dunn's "perceptive observations of all aspects of Guatemalan life during his extensive travels in the country." Described are Jamaica, Belize, the Mosquito Coast, Yucatán and Guatemala, with details on government, commerce, diseases, emigration, black population, entertainment, pirates, architecture, marriages and funerals, police, prisons, education, bullfights, religious processions, earthquakes, volcanoes, mining and agricultural products (cochineal, indigo, tobacco, sugar, coffee, cotton). Dunn describes the 1821-1823 independence movement on pp. 167-205, and devotes pp. 258-283 to the Indian population.The second edition, London 1829, included a map. Leather 1829 Guatimala The Republic of Central American Henry Dunn w/Rare Map Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter

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