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Livres anciens et modernes

Holton, Isaac F.

New Granada; Twenty Months in the Andes

1857

195,52 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1857
Lieu d'édition
New York. Harper & Brothers
Auteur
Holton, Isaac F.
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - South America
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

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.
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