LYON, G[eorge] F.

Journal of a Residence and Tour in the Republic of Mexico in the Year

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LYON, G[eorge] F. Journal of a Residence and Tour in the Republic of Mexico in the Year 1826. With Some Account of the mines of that Country. London: John Murray, 1828. 1st ed. 2 Vols. viii, 323; iv, 304 pp. Orig. 3/4-leather and marbled boards with orig. gilt spines laid down. Some light edgewear, light scattered foxing, else a very good copy. Capt. Lyon left England in 1826 as a commissioner for the Real del Monte Mining Company. this book recounts his 8 months in Mexico with notes on mining, Indians, flora, and fauna. "His journal provides a wealth of detail on mining an mining revenues as well as sophisticated observations on general social and economic conditions." Griffin 3561.

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