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London: John Murray, 1839.. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY. 8vo. (c. 21.5 x 14 cm.). pp.xxviii+[ii]+415. Contemporary brown calf, sides with triple fillet gilt ruled border, spine with raused bands, gilt decorated compartments, twin maroon labels, marbled endpapers and edges. Engraved portrait frontis., large folding map with original outline hand colour, folding plan of Buenos Ayres plus 4 further full page plates (2 with partial hand colouring). Presentation inscription on title page to "Mrs Brassey (?)/from/L.E. Parish/ Sept/ [18]55" (probably from Sir Woodbine's second wife, Louisa) Upper joint repaired, spine rubbed, head and toe slightly chaffed, endpapers spotted, contents generally very good, short tear to map at join to inner margin. Inserted is a newspaper cutting headed "Accused Widow takes POISON" dated in ms. Daily Mail 22 Feb 1926: "From our own correspondent /Buenos Aires, Friday/ The Brazilian widow of the late Mr. Marcus Woodbine Parish, who was murdered in Misiones Territory,… Read More

London: John Murray, 1852. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A fascinating Victorian study on Buenos Aires, written by Woodbine Parish, who worked in the city for almost a decade. The second edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, cloth-backed folding map, five plates, and eighteen in-text engravings.Collated, complete.An extensive historical study on Buenos Aires, looking at the development of the city from its conquest by Spain, to their political independence. Including an appendix containing historical documents and statistical tables.The author, Woodbine Parish worked in Buenos Aires from 1823 to 1832 as Consul General, he signed the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation with Argentina.Thirty-two pages of adverts to the rear. Advertising slip bound before the rear endpaper, advertising this work. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A little rubbing and discolouration to the boards and spine. Some small marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the… Read More

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1852. Second edition, enlarged with a new map and illustrations. Lacking the engraved portrait frontispiece of Sebastian Cabot. With 5 lithograph plates, one tinted (p. 97); folding map colored in outline (mended), several drawings in text. xlii , 434 pp., 32 pp. of publisher's ads at rear. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter brown morocco. Brazilian bookseller ticket at back. Lacking frontispiece as noted. Some rubbing to binding, browning to text block. Second edition, enlarged with a new map and illustrations. Lacking the engraved portrait frontispiece of Sebastian Cabot. With 5 lithograph plates, one tinted (p. 97); folding map colored in outline (mended), several drawings in text. xlii , 434 pp., 32 pp. of publisher's ads at rear. 1 vols. 8vo. Sabin 58613