New Granada; Twenty Months in the Andes

8vo [25 x 16 cm]; xvi, [16] - 605 pp, 2 double-page hand-colored maps of Granada including one on climate, numerous illus including full-page plates and including plate of 'The Bambuco' not in the list of illustrations, appendices, glossary, index. original brown cloth, gilt spine title lettering, covers a little worn, rubbed and faded, minor light foxing on some leaves, newspaper clipping and signature on endpaper, else a very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author travelled throughout Granada (now Columbia and Panama) from 1852-1854, and is the best travel work on the area from that time, covering all aspects of life, description of the country, peoples, customs, nature, geography, etc. Smith H120: 'The author, a botany professor, made a trip to northern South America to fill in geographical and botanical data about the area in the mid-nineteenth century. It is a long and comprehensive book with most emphasis on what he saw, rather than on botany.' Griffin 5134: 'An abbreviated second edition (1967) cut the text to less than half its length and omits the 11 appendices. For scholarly use the original edition is essential.' Sabin 32661. Welch 82.