WHITE and. DAUZATS San Juan de Ulùa, or... - Lot 45 - Eric Caudron

WHITE and. DAUZATS San Juan de Ulùa, or Relation of the French Expedition to Mexico, under the orders of Rear Admiral Baudin; followed by notes and documents, and a general overview of the present state of Texas, by E. Maissin. Published by order of the King, under the auspices of Baron Tupinier, then Minister of the Navy. Paris, Gide, 1839, grand in-8, VII (XII)-591 pp., with vignettes in the text and 18 off-text plates on applied China, copy in which pp. X-XII (tables) were bound at the end, and not after the opening pieces, as intended, half-hearted, smooth spine decorated lengthwise, speckled edges (period binding). Scrubbed corners and cuts, but good copy. The book, an official publication, recounts the first French expedition to Mexico, that of 1838.