HEAD, F[rancis] B.

Rough Notes Taken during Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and

Item #56886

HEAD, F[rancis] B. Rough Notes Taken during Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and Among the Andes. London: John Murray, 1836. 2nd ed. xi, 309 pp. 19th-century 3/4-speckled calf and marbled boards, gilt decorated raised spine bands, red morocco spine labels, A.e.g. A very good or better copy. With ownership inscription on front free endpaper, A.C. Inman, August 1919, Boston." Arthur Crew Inman's diaries were published by Harvard University Press in 1985. "[D]iaries center around external happenings and enlivened by change and movement, such as those of Russell, Head (who describes his journey across the Pampas and the Andes), Lotis, etc., are interesting and instructive and useful. ..." Head's account of his inspection tour of the gold and silver mines in San Luas, Upsallatta, El Bronce de Petorca, San Pedro Nolasco, and Caren, and of his journeys across the Pampas and the Great Cordillera. Includes much on the gauchos and the Indians.

Price: $200.00