Mexico To-day: A Country with a Great Future, and a Glance at the Prehistoric Remains and Antiquities of the Montezumas, Thomas Unett Brocklehurst, with Coloured Plates and Illustrations from Sketches by the Author, John Murray, London, 1883, 259 plus plates, red cloth, 9.5 x 7”, 8vo. In fair condition. Light wear to extremities with scuffing along corners and hinges. Extremes afflicted with crushing and fraying. Water mark staining to front and rear boards. Gilt finishing remains bright and clean. Bookseller’s sticker on bottom left pastedown. Tissue guards are shaken, but intact. Interior lightly toned with scattered light foxing. Binding intact, albeit shaken. Soiling to gutters. Please see photos. A first edition of this brilliantly illustrated history and guide to Mexico, a number of colored plates. Fifty-two full plates in color and black and white comprising seventeen chromolithographs and 35 wood engraved plates. Contains chapters on Mexico hotels, antiquities, railways, coinage, ruins, amusements and churches. Beautiful archeological plates as well. COLH1883ADEK