CASTELNAU, Francis de. Expdition dans les parties centrales de l'Amrique du Sud ... , Paris: P. Bertrand, 1852 [-1854]. Parts III, IV and V only bound in 2 vols., 2 (458 x 320mm.) and 4 (306 x 233mm.), 60 lithographed plates in pt. III (the first 4 leaves, including the title, supplied in facsimile, mainly marginal spotting), 76 hand-coloured double-page engraved plates, maps and charts in pt. IV (half title and title supplied in facsimile, some spotting and browning) and 30 double-page engraved maps, coloured in outline in pt. V (some light spotting or browning), later cloth-backed boards and contemporary roan-backed boards (worn). Sabin 1141: "This work received the award of an extra medal from the French Geographical Society".

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CASTELNAU, Francis de. Expdition dans les parties centrales de l'Amrique du Sud ... , Paris: P. Bertrand, 1852 [-1854]. Parts III, IV and V only bound in 2 vols., 2 (458 x 320mm.) and 4 (306 x 233mm.), 60 lithographed plates in pt. III (the first 4 leaves, including the title, supplied in facsimile, mainly marginal spotting), 76 hand-coloured double-page engraved plates, maps and charts in pt. IV (half title and title supplied in facsimile, some spotting and browning) and 30 double-page engraved maps, coloured in outline in pt. V (some light spotting or browning), later cloth-backed boards and contemporary roan-backed boards (worn). Sabin 1141: "This work received the award of an extra medal from the French Geographical Society".

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