Land Settlement Laws in Mexico
Documentos interesantes sobre colonización: Los ha reuinido, puesto en órden cronológico y los pública Vicente E. Manero, jefe de la sección 1a. del Ministerio de Fomento
Notes: An anthology of government documents, laws, and reports on settlement on public lands in Mexico. The book has two lithographic plates and four folding maps:
1) Carta geográfica de Sonora y Baja California... showing steamship lines in northwest Mexico. 8 by 10 inches.
2) Líneas que señalan las cartas originales calcadas para ponerlas en comparación... showing various reports on the location of the US-Mexico border. 11 by 15 inches.
3) Registro de fraccionamiento para las cartas de la República. (A map of postal zones?). 12 by 14 inches.
4) Apuntes sobre colonias civiles y militares. A map of northern Mexico showing cities, major towns, and military bases. 20 by 15 inches.
121 pages.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). A bit of abrasion at the top of the boards near the spine, but generally a very good copy in an original period Mexican binding of purple pebbled cloth stamped in blind. One map (Lineas...) with a four-inch tear at the attachment point, strengthened on the back with Japanese tissue.
Publication: México [Mexico City]: Imprenta de la V. é Hijos de Murguía, 1879.
Item No: #362624
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