HUMBOLDT, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von & Aimé BONPLAND. Vues des Cordillères et Monumens des Peuples de l'Amérique [ Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland, premier partie, relation historique. Atlas pittoresque ], Paris: F. Schoell, 1810 [but Introduction dated 1813], engraved dedication, 16pp. introduction and 69 engraved or aquatint plates on 68 sheets, most after Humboldt, 24 hand-coloured (each plate stamped on verso, some spotting of text and plates), later half morocco (spine lacking, upper cover detached). [Sabin 33754: "the most beautiful and generally interesting of Humboldt's works"
HUMBOLDT, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von & Aimé BONPLAND. Vues des Cordillères et Monumens des Peuples de l'Amérique [ Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland, premier partie, relation historique. Atlas pittoresque ], Paris: F. Schoell, 1810 [but Introduction dated 1813], engraved dedication, 16pp. introduction and 69 engraved or aquatint plates on 68 sheets, most after Humboldt, 24 hand-coloured (each plate stamped on verso, some spotting of text and plates), later half morocco (spine lacking, upper cover detached). [Sabin 33754: "the most beautiful and generally interesting of Humboldt's works"
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