Late 19th-century full gilt vellum, gilt lines enclose gilt floral tooling, flat spine in three compartments of gilt lines and gilt floral tooling, gilt, black morocco label on two, board edges and inner dentelles gilt-tooled, all edges gilt, blue endpapers. Illustration Complete with eight plates, including two maps (one folding), and six hand-coloured aquatints, depicting the life of northwestern Mexico. Tall 8vo. An excellent copy, text, and plates are clean and crisp. Pagination P. (6), title, printers imprint, preface iii-iv, to the reader v-vi, contents vii-xiii, errata, 1-540, (6). The previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper, dated July 1834. This book describes the politics, society, and economy of Sonora and Baja California in the northwest of Mexico as it was in the 1820s. The author traveled to Mexico as commissioner for the General Pearl and Coral Fishery Association of London and wrote this book to supply information regarding the less documented regions of the Mexican northwest. Coloured plates in order: 1. The Game of Monte, in the streets of Mexico. 2. A Pilgrimage performed in Mexico. 3. A Mexican Cavallero. 4. Morning Salutations in Mexico. 5. A Water Carrier in Mexico. 6. An Evangelista, or Letter-Writer in the Haza Grande of Mexico.