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Author: Thompson, George Alexander
Title: Narrative of an Official Visit to Guatemala from Mexico
Place Published: London
Publisher:John Murray
Date Published: 1829
Description: xii, vi, 528 + 8 ad pp. Folding hand-colored copper-engraved map as frontispiece. (8vo) 18x10.2 cm (7x4¼"), modern leather with natural flaws, spine ruled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers; bound in Mexico. First Edition.Presentation copy inscribed in ink on the title page, "The Right Reverend Dr. Wild, With the author's most respectful compliments." The book comprises detailed observations of a British agent sent to scout the country as a possible location for colonization. The map incudes an inset with a projected canal across Nicaragua. The ad pages at rear are for Thompson's Alcedo, and are mostly taken up with a list of subscribers.

Occasional minor staining or offset within including to title page, edge wear to half-title; map with a 2 stub tear and a few marginal tears; very good in modern binding."