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HUMBOLDT, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander, Baron von (1769-1859) and Aimé Alexandre BONPLAND (1773-1858). Voyage aux Régions Équinoctiales du Nouveau Continent fait en 1799-1804. Paris: 1805-1834. 25 volumes only (of 30): 15 folio volumes, 10 quarto volumes. Plates, many coloured. Contemporary half russia gilt, g.e., by Fraser of Regent Street, (worn, most covers detached, spines rubbed).
This set comprises:
Première Partie: Historique.
1. Relation Historique. Paris: J.Smith for (vol.I) F.Schoell, (vol.II) N.Maze or (vol.III) Smith and Gide, 1814-1825. 3 volumes, 4° (343 x 258mm). Half-titles and titles and section half-titles and titles to vols.I & II, title and half-title only to vol.III, all in French. 1 engraved map, 4 folding letterpress tables. (Some light spotting.)
2. Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples de l'Amérique. Paris: J.H.Stône for F.Schoell, 1810. 2° (553 x 405mm). Half-title, title, section half-title and title. Engraved dedication to Ennius Quirinus Visconti, 16pp. introduction dated 1813, 69 engraved, etched or aquatint plates on 68 leaves, 6 printed in sepia, 25 hand-coloured or printed in colours and finished by hand, one of these double-page. (Occasional light spotting.)
3. Atlas Géographique et Physique des régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent. Paris: A.Pihan de la Forest, 1814-1834. 2° (567 x 410mm). Section half-title and title in French. Engraved emblematic frontispiece 'Humanitas. Literae. Fruges.' by B.Roger after F.Gérard, 41 engraved maps and sections, 12 with hand-colouring or colour-printing, 12 double-page. (5 spotted or browned.)
4. Examen Critique de l'Histoire de la Géographie du Nouveau Continent et des progrès de l'Astronomie Nautique aux quinzième et seizième siècles. Paris: Gide, 1814-1834. 2° (566 x 400mm). Half-title, title and section title in French. (Some spotting, heaviest at the beginning and end.)
Seconde Partie:
Recueil d'Observations de Zoologie et d'Anatomie Comparée. Paris: (vol.I) J.H.Stône for F.Schoell and G.Dufour or (vol.II) J.Smith for J.Smith and Gide, 1811-1833. 2 volumes, 4° (342 x 255mm). Section half-titles and titles in French, dedication to George Cuvier. 57 engraved plates by Bouquet and others, 36 printed in colours and finished by hand. (Occasional spotting.)
Troisième Partie:
Essai Politique sur la Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne. Paris: J.H.Stône for F.Schoell, 1811. 2 vols. only (lacks atlas volume), 4° (343 x 258mm). Half-titles, titles, section half-titles and titles in French. Dedication to Charles V of Spain. (Some light spotting.)
Quatrième Partie:
Recueil d'Óbservations Astronomiques, d'Opérations Trigonométriques et de Mesures Barométriques... rédigées et calculées... par Jabbo Oltmanns. Paris: J.H.Stône for F.Schoell, 1810. 2 volumes, 4° (343 x 258mm). Half-titles, titles, section half-title and titles in French. 2 engraved plates. (Occasional light spotting.)
Cinquième Partie:
Essai sur la Géographie des Plantes; accompagné d'un tableau physique des Régions Équinoxiales. Paris: F.G.Levrault (in Strassbourg) for Levrault, Schoell and Co., 1805. 4° (342 x 253mm). Half-title, section title in French (lacks title and section half-title and dedication). One large hand-coloured cross-section of the Andes. (Occasional light spotting.)
Sixième Partie: Botanique.
1. Plantes Équinoxiales recueillies au Mexique, dans l'île de Cuba, dans les provinces de Caracas... et de la rivière des Amazones. Paris: L.Haussmann for F.Schoell and J.G.Cotta of Tubingen, 1808-1809-[1817]. 2 volumes, 2° (513 x 340mm). Half-titles and titles in French. First volume with section titles in French and Latin. Engraved portrait frontispiecee of Don Jose Celestino Mutis, 143 engraved plates by Sellier after Turpin and Poiteau. (Plate 98 with '8' added in ink, some light spotting.)
2. Monographie des Melastomacées. Paris: J.Smith for Librairie-Grecque-Latine-Allemande (first vol.) or Gide Fils (second vol.), 1816-1823. 2 volumes, 2° (515 x 338mm). Half-titles and titles in French. First vol. with section half-titles and titles in French and Latin. 120 FINE STIPPLE-ENGRAVED PLATES BY BOUQUET AFTER TURPIN AND POITEAU, PRINTED IN COLOURS AND FINISHED BY HAND, volume I comprising plates of Melastomes, volume II of Rhexias, 3 leaves of index. (Some spotting, occasionally heavy.)
3. Nova Genera et Species plantarum. Paris: d'Hautel or J.Smith for Librairie-Grecque-Latine-Allemande, N.Maze and Gide Fils, 1815-1825. 7 volumes, 2° (516 x 348mm). Half-titles and titles in French. Section half-titles and titles in Latin. Dedication to Nicolaus Jacquin. One engraved diagram of the vegetation zones of mountains, printed in colours and finished by hand, 715 engraved plates by Turpin, all but two (3 & 96) hand-coloured. (Occasional spotting and browning, vol.II with pp.283-4 lower blank margin torn away and neatly repaired, vol.III half-title torn.)
4. Mimoses et autres Plantes Légumineuses du Nouveau Continent... décrites et publiées par Charles-Sigismond Kunth. Paris: J.Smith for Librairie-Grecque-Latine-Allemande, 1819-[1824]. 2° (514 x 345mm). Half-title and title in French. Section title and half-title in French. Dedication to Frederick III of Prussia. 60 FINE STIPPLE-ENGRAVED PLATES AFTER TURPIN, PRINTED IN COLOURS AND FINISHED BY HAND. (Tear to inner margin of title and half-title, dampstained, spotted.)
A FINE SET OF HUMBOLDT AND BONPLAND'S MONUMENTAL WORK ON CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. The publishing history is complex. The set in its full form published under Humboldt's direction totalled 30 volumes, 20 in folio, 20 in quarto, to which should be added five supplementary volumes by other authors. See Beck, Alexander von Humboldt, Wiesbaden: 1959-61, for a discussion of the complete work; Palau 117013; Brunet III, 373-4. For the botanical sections: Nissen BBI 954; Great Flower Books 50, 63; Stafleu and Cowan 3139, 3141-3, 3996. (25)
This set comprises:
Première Partie: Historique.
1. Relation Historique. Paris: J.Smith for (vol.I) F.Schoell, (vol.II) N.Maze or (vol.III) Smith and Gide, 1814-1825. 3 volumes, 4° (343 x 258mm). Half-titles and titles and section half-titles and titles to vols.I & II, title and half-title only to vol.III, all in French. 1 engraved map, 4 folding letterpress tables. (Some light spotting.)
2. Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples de l'Amérique. Paris: J.H.Stône for F.Schoell, 1810. 2° (553 x 405mm). Half-title, title, section half-title and title. Engraved dedication to Ennius Quirinus Visconti, 16pp. introduction dated 1813, 69 engraved, etched or aquatint plates on 68 leaves, 6 printed in sepia, 25 hand-coloured or printed in colours and finished by hand, one of these double-page. (Occasional light spotting.)
3. Atlas Géographique et Physique des régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent. Paris: A.Pihan de la Forest, 1814-1834. 2° (567 x 410mm). Section half-title and title in French. Engraved emblematic frontispiece 'Humanitas. Literae. Fruges.' by B.Roger after F.Gérard, 41 engraved maps and sections, 12 with hand-colouring or colour-printing, 12 double-page. (5 spotted or browned.)
4. Examen Critique de l'Histoire de la Géographie du Nouveau Continent et des progrès de l'Astronomie Nautique aux quinzième et seizième siècles. Paris: Gide, 1814-1834. 2° (566 x 400mm). Half-title, title and section title in French. (Some spotting, heaviest at the beginning and end.)
Seconde Partie:
Recueil d'Observations de Zoologie et d'Anatomie Comparée. Paris: (vol.I) J.H.Stône for F.Schoell and G.Dufour or (vol.II) J.Smith for J.Smith and Gide, 1811-1833. 2 volumes, 4° (342 x 255mm). Section half-titles and titles in French, dedication to George Cuvier. 57 engraved plates by Bouquet and others, 36 printed in colours and finished by hand. (Occasional spotting.)
Troisième Partie:
Essai Politique sur la Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne. Paris: J.H.Stône for F.Schoell, 1811. 2 vols. only (lacks atlas volume), 4° (343 x 258mm). Half-titles, titles, section half-titles and titles in French. Dedication to Charles V of Spain. (Some light spotting.)
Quatrième Partie:
Recueil d'Óbservations Astronomiques, d'Opérations Trigonométriques et de Mesures Barométriques... rédigées et calculées... par Jabbo Oltmanns. Paris: J.H.Stône for F.Schoell, 1810. 2 volumes, 4° (343 x 258mm). Half-titles, titles, section half-title and titles in French. 2 engraved plates. (Occasional light spotting.)
Cinquième Partie:
Essai sur la Géographie des Plantes; accompagné d'un tableau physique des Régions Équinoxiales. Paris: F.G.Levrault (in Strassbourg) for Levrault, Schoell and Co., 1805. 4° (342 x 253mm). Half-title, section title in French (lacks title and section half-title and dedication). One large hand-coloured cross-section of the Andes. (Occasional light spotting.)
Sixième Partie: Botanique.
1. Plantes Équinoxiales recueillies au Mexique, dans l'île de Cuba, dans les provinces de Caracas... et de la rivière des Amazones. Paris: L.Haussmann for F.Schoell and J.G.Cotta of Tubingen, 1808-1809-[1817]. 2 volumes, 2° (513 x 340mm). Half-titles and titles in French. First volume with section titles in French and Latin. Engraved portrait frontispiecee of Don Jose Celestino Mutis, 143 engraved plates by Sellier after Turpin and Poiteau. (Plate 98 with '8' added in ink, some light spotting.)
2. Monographie des Melastomacées. Paris: J.Smith for Librairie-Grecque-Latine-Allemande (first vol.) or Gide Fils (second vol.), 1816-1823. 2 volumes, 2° (515 x 338mm). Half-titles and titles in French. First vol. with section half-titles and titles in French and Latin. 120 FINE STIPPLE-ENGRAVED PLATES BY BOUQUET AFTER TURPIN AND POITEAU, PRINTED IN COLOURS AND FINISHED BY HAND, volume I comprising plates of Melastomes, volume II of Rhexias, 3 leaves of index. (Some spotting, occasionally heavy.)
3. Nova Genera et Species plantarum. Paris: d'Hautel or J.Smith for Librairie-Grecque-Latine-Allemande, N.Maze and Gide Fils, 1815-1825. 7 volumes, 2° (516 x 348mm). Half-titles and titles in French. Section half-titles and titles in Latin. Dedication to Nicolaus Jacquin. One engraved diagram of the vegetation zones of mountains, printed in colours and finished by hand, 715 engraved plates by Turpin, all but two (3 & 96) hand-coloured. (Occasional spotting and browning, vol.II with pp.283-4 lower blank margin torn away and neatly repaired, vol.III half-title torn.)
4. Mimoses et autres Plantes Légumineuses du Nouveau Continent... décrites et publiées par Charles-Sigismond Kunth. Paris: J.Smith for Librairie-Grecque-Latine-Allemande, 1819-[1824]. 2° (514 x 345mm). Half-title and title in French. Section title and half-title in French. Dedication to Frederick III of Prussia. 60 FINE STIPPLE-ENGRAVED PLATES AFTER TURPIN, PRINTED IN COLOURS AND FINISHED BY HAND. (Tear to inner margin of title and half-title, dampstained, spotted.)
A FINE SET OF HUMBOLDT AND BONPLAND'S MONUMENTAL WORK ON CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. The publishing history is complex. The set in its full form published under Humboldt's direction totalled 30 volumes, 20 in folio, 20 in quarto, to which should be added five supplementary volumes by other authors. See Beck, Alexander von Humboldt, Wiesbaden: 1959-61, for a discussion of the complete work; Palau 117013; Brunet III, 373-4. For the botanical sections: Nissen BBI 954; Great Flower Books 50, 63; Stafleu and Cowan 3139, 3141-3, 3996. (25)