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Libros antiguos y modernos

Michaux, Henri

Ecuador; A Travel Journal

1970

40,42 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1970
Lugar de impresión
Seattle. University of Washington Press
Autor
Michaux, Henri
Edición
First edition in English, first edition in French was 1929.
Materia
Travel - South America
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xii, [13]-132 pp. original black cloth, silver spine title lettering, dj (slightly worn at edge, price clipped), fine, clean unmarked copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A classic of South American travel narratives, it has been called 'the first wholly modern travel book'. The author, Belgian poet, painter, mystic, writer on mescaline, describes his journey through Panama to Quito and down the Amazon to Iquitos, Peru and Para, Brazil, with much on the mountains and jungle, the native peoples and conditions. The translator provides an extensive introduction.