Bodmer, Karl and Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied VOYAGE DANS L'INTÉRIEUR DE L'AMÉRIQUE DU NORD EXECUTÉ PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1832, 1833 ET 1834. PARIS: CHEZ ARTHUS BERTRAND, 1840-1843 4 volumes (text: 3 volumes, 8vo [9 1/2 x 6 1/4 ins]; atlas: 1 oblong folio [17 x 23 1/2 ins]). French text: Half-titles, 1 lithographic plan, 31 plates of wood-engraved vignettes, 6 wood-engraved illustrations, large engraved folding map. Atlas: 81 engraved and aquatint plates (48 large aquatint tableau plates [19 handcolored as issued], 33 vignette plates on full folio sheets [7 handcolored as issued]), all after Bodmer. Text volumes uncut and with the original front and rear wrappers bound in. Text volumes: expertly bound to style in half dark blue morocco and period cloth covered boards, spine gilt, marbled endpapers. Atlas: contemporary half dark blue morocco and cloth covered boards, flat spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Internally a fine set.
Bodmer, Karl and Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied VOYAGE DANS L'INTÉRIEUR DE L'AMÉRIQUE DU NORD EXECUTÉ PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1832, 1833 ET 1834. PARIS: CHEZ ARTHUS BERTRAND, 1840-1843 4 volumes (text: 3 volumes, 8vo [9 1/2 x 6 1/4 ins]; atlas: 1 oblong folio [17 x 23 1/2 ins]). French text: Half-titles, 1 lithographic plan, 31 plates of wood-engraved vignettes, 6 wood-engraved illustrations, large engraved folding map. Atlas: 81 engraved and aquatint plates (48 large aquatint tableau plates [19 handcolored as issued], 33 vignette plates on full folio sheets [7 handcolored as issued]), all after Bodmer. Text volumes uncut and with the original front and rear wrappers bound in. Text volumes: expertly bound to style in half dark blue morocco and period cloth covered boards, spine gilt, marbled endpapers. Atlas: contemporary half dark blue morocco and cloth covered boards, flat spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Internally a fine set.
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