[COLLECTION OF THIRTY-FOUR TREATIES BETWEEN MEXICO AND OTHER NATIONS MADE BETWEEN 1822 AND 1862, INCLUDING IMPORTANT PRINTINGS OF THE GADSDEN PURCHASE TREATY, THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO, AND THE TREATY WITH SPAIN WHICH FORMALLY RECOGNIZED MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE. WITH A TWO PAGE MANUSCRIPT INDEX]

[Mexican Treaties]

Published by [Various places, see below, 1862

Various paginations, enumerated below. Most of the treaties are in folio format, with a few (noted below) in octavo. Entire collection bound in a single folio volume of 19th-century three-quarter red calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, raised bands. Boards worn and rubbed, later repairs to corners, joints starting to crack but still strong, spine ends chipped and worn with previous amateur repair to head of spine. Occasional chipping to edges of pages, some foxing, tanning, and occasional light soiling throughout. Bookplate on front pastedown (Colección Monclau), occasional manuscript annotations throughout. Overall very good. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase, gilt leather labels. A fascinating and important collection of Mexican treaties, including eighteen made within the first twenty years of Mexico's independence from Spain, and also including the exceedingly rare Mexican printing of the Gadsden Purchase Treaty, and the official Mexican printing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War. In all, the collection charts the progress of Mexican international relations and diplomacy in the first forty-one years after independence and comprises treaties with the United States (ten in all), European powers (nineteen total, including their former mother country, Spain), and other South American nations (five). Although the origin of this volume is unknown, it was quite possibly compiled by a member of the Mexican government or of the Mexican diplomatic corps in the mid-19th century. As noted, a highlight of the collection is the extremely rare Mexican printing of the Gadsden Purchase Treaty of 1853, by which the United States created its present southwestern border and Mexico gave up parts of what are now present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico. The United States had also pressed for the states of Sonora and Baja California as well, but Mexico did not accede to that demand. The official Mexican printing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (one of only 500 copies, according to Palau) is also present. Also included is Mexico's 1823 treaty with Colombia - the first that newly-independent Mexico made with another nation, as well as the 1826 treaty with Great Britain, which was the first Mexican treaty with a European power. Several of the treaties with Britain include articles by which Mexico agrees to end the slave trade. Mexico's treaty with Spain of 1838 - by which Spain formally recognized Mexican independence and made peace with her break- away colony - is included here in the rare official folio edition. Many of the treaties of the 1820s and '30s carry clauses accommodating the relative inequality of Mexican commerce and shipping vis à vis the United States and European powers. A list of the treaties, conventions, and other documents follows, in the order in which they are bound: 1) [Mexico-German States Treaty]: TRATADO DE AMISTAD, NAVEGACION Y COMERCIO CELEBRADO ENTRE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA Y LOS REINOS Y ESTADOS GOBERANOS DE ALEMANIA. [Mexico City. 1856]. [2],14pp. including blank, printed in double columns in Spanish and German Fraktur. Folio. General commercial treaty between Mexico and nineteen German states, including some, such as Prussia and Saxony, with whom treaties already existed, and numerous smaller principalities. 2) [Mexico-Hanseatic League Treaty]: MINISTERIO DE RELACIONES ESTERIORES Y GOBERNACION.UN TRATADO DE AMISTAD, NAVEGACION Y COMERCIO ENTRE ESTA REPÚBLICA Y LAS CIUDADES LIBRES Y ANSEÁTICAS DE LUBECK, BREMEN Y HAMBURGO.[caption title]. [Mexico City. 1842]. 11pp., printed in double columns in Spanish and French. Folio. Commercial treaty between Mexico and the Baltic and the north German ports of Lübeck, Bremen, and Hamburg. 3) [Mexico-Belgium Treaty]: TRATADO DE AMISTAD, NAVEGACION Y COMERCIO CELEBRADO ENTRE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA Y S.M. EL REY DE LOS BELGAS. [Mexico City. 1862]. 12pp., printed in double columns in Spanish and French. Folio. Commercial trea. Seller Inventory # WRCAM56932

Bibliographic Details

Title: [COLLECTION OF THIRTY-FOUR TREATIES BETWEEN ...
Publisher: [Various places, see below
Publication Date: 1862