HUMBOLDT, Alexander von (1769-1859) and Aimeé Jacques Alexandre BONPLAND (1773-1858). Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent, fait en 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris: Librairie grecque-latine-allemande, 1816-1826.
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HUMBOLDT, Alexander von (1769-1859) and Aimeé Jacques Alexandre BONPLAND (1773-1858). Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent, fait en 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris: Librairie grecque-latine-allemande, 1816-1826.

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HUMBOLDT, Alexander von (1769-1859) and Aimeé Jacques Alexandre BONPLAND (1773-1858). Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent, fait en 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris: Librairie grecque-latine-allemande, 1816-1826.

Rare second edition, first in octavo format. The title-pages call for an atlas, but no such accompanying volume seems to be published. Sabin 33768 (with errors in pagination).

12 volumes (only, of 13), octavo (195 X 116mm). Half-titles in vols 1-6, folding engraved plate in vol. II (lacking vol. 13 published later in 1831, scattered variable browning and spotting). Contemporary tree calf, vols 1-6 with gilt spines, vols 7-12 with non-uniform, less elaborate, gilt spines but with gilt borders to covers (extremities lightly rubbed, a few corners more heavily). Provenance: a made-up set with titles in vols 7-12 excised to remove provenance, sometimes affecting a few letters.
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