Humboldt, Alexander von; Bonpland, Aimé; Williams, Helen Maria [Translator]

PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS TO THE EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF THE NEW CONTINENT DURING THE YEARS 1799–1804 [SEVEN VOLUMES IN FIVE BOOKS]

Amsterdam & New York: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum / Da Capo Press, 1972. Octavos, Seven Volumes in Five Books. In Very Good condition, with Very Good Dust jackets. jackets illustrated with engraved landscape scenes in terracotta tones for the Personal Narrative volumes and teal for the Researches volume. Mild shelf wear and light occasional soiling; small tear to the spine head of the Volume V dust jacket. Bindings square and tight; text blocks clean with minor age toning to edges consistent with the period of publication. Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-Volume section. CONTENTS: Researches Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, Vols. I–II bound in one book; Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the Years 1799–1804, Vols. I–II, III–IV, V, and VI–VII. Facsimile reprint of Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland’s foundational accounts of their five-year expedition through South America, Cuba, and New Spain, originally published in London between 1814 and 1825. Translated into English by Helen Maria Williams.

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