John Milton. A View of South America and Mexico, comprising their History, the political Condition, Geography, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. of the Republics of Mexico, Guatemala, Columbia, Peru, the Uni

by NILES

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NILES, John Milton. A View of South America and Mexico, comprising their History, the political Condition, Geography, Agriculture, Commerce, c. of the Republics of Mexico, Guatemala, Columbia, Peru, the United Provinces of South America and Chili, with a complete History of the Revolution in each of these independent States … Two Volumes in One. New York: H. Huntington, Jun. 1826. Small 8vo. Contemporary American mottled sheep, spine lettered and ornamented in gilt; pp. 204; 239, engraved portrait of Simon Bolivar as frontispiece in volume one; very light rubbing to binding, a little browned in places as usual, offsetting from endpapers to portrait; a good copy of a scarce and important title. One of two editions published the year after the first printing of this early and seminal ananlysis of the Anti-Colonial revolutions south of the United States. One of the first books on the South American revolutions, written by a Connecticut senator. SKU: 2115680

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