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Livres anciens et modernes

Herndon, Wm. Lewis, Lardner Gibbon

Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, made under the direction of the Navy Department

1854

185,18 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1854
Lieu d'édition
Washington. Robert Armstrong; A. O. P. Nicholson
Auteur
Herndon, Wm. Lewis, Lardner Gibbon
Thème
Travel - South America Native Peoples
Langues
Anglais

Description

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes, iv, 417; x 339 pp, 52 lithographed plates, mainly by Gibbon. original blind stamped cloth, spines faded but title lettering visible, moderately foxed, else a very good set. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Hasse p32, 36; Sabin 31524: "Contains minute, accurate and very interesting accounts of the aborigines of the Andes, and the Amazon and its tributaries." Borba de Moraes p 399: "This is an excellent book on the regions mentioned." Field 688. Goodman 775: 'A most interesting and detailed account, well-written and containing much information.' The plates are of scenery, views, with many on native people, buildings, architecture (including an early one of Incan ruin). All the plates are present.

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