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Livres anciens et modernes

Michaux, Henri

Ecuador; A Travel Journal

1970

38,54 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1970
Lieu d'édition
Seattle. University of Washington Press
Auteur
Michaux, Henri
Edition
First edition in English, first edition in French was 1929.
Thème
Travel - South America
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xii, [13]-132 pp. original black cloth, silver spine title lettering, dj (slightly rubbed at edge, not price clipped), corner of text leaf with slight crease, near 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.