[Moxo y de Francoli, Benito Maria]:

$675 · Offered by William Reese Company

CARTAS MEJICANAS ESCRITAS POR D. BENITO MARIA DE MOXO AÑO DE 1805. Self-styled second edition. A history of Mexico, with much on Mexican Indians, their customs and practices, in a series of letters. "By the prologue to this work we learn, that its author, a native of Cervera, died young, immediately after a revolution (in South America), in which this work came near being buried in 'eternal oblivion': - that it was brought to Europe and printed, but so hastily, that it could hardly be read for the many typographical errors with which it was stained. In consequence of which, it was thought proper to prepare the present edition, which is indeed, handsomely, but not very correctly printed" - Sabin. Rare. OCLC locates only one copy.

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