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Seven Years' Travel in Central America, Northern Mexico, and the Far West of the United States Author: Froebel, Julius Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Date Published: 1859 Description: xiv, [2], 587 pp. With 8 wood-engraved plates including the frontispiece; a few cuts in the text. 21.8x13.3 cm (8½x5¼"), 19th century half calf & cloth, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers & edged. First British Edition. First English language edition of this important account of travels in the Americas, first published in German in Leipzig in two volumes, 1857-8. Wagner-Camp calls it "one of the most interesting books of travel through the Southwest. In 1852, Froebel traveled to Chihuahua and returned by way of the Santa Fe Trail. In 1853 and again in 1854, he traveled the same route, to Chihuahua, and then to California, arriving at Los Angeles on September 6, 1854." Howes F390; Pilling 1333; Sabin 25992; Wagner-Camp 292:2. Condition: Sunning to binding, some rubbing to spine and extremities; 2 bookplates; very good or better. Item#: 350700 Headline: Travels through Mexico & southwest U.S. 1859