RARE 1888 HISTORY OF MEXICO ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT

From 1888, this is the first edition of The History of Mexico, 1861-1887, by the famous California historian Hubert Howe Bancroft. As published in San Francisco by the History Publishing Co. Sized 9x6 inches, 760 pages. Profusely illustrated with maps. Note the map of Mexico City. Not common. A repair to the top of the spine. Bound in brown Victorian cloth with gilt titles. Hubert Howe Bancroft was an American historian and ethnologist who wrote, published and collected works concerning the western United States, Texas, California, Alaska, Mexico, Central America and British Columbia.