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BRESSON, André. Bolivia. Sept années d'explorations, de voyages et de séjours dans l'Amérique australe. Préface de F. de Lesseps. Paris, Challamel ainé, 1886.8vo. Later cloth (original wrappers preserved). With folding panorama of the Panama Canal and folding map (both repaired on folds), and 106 plates and illustrations. XX,639 pp. - (Some leaves repaired). 'On regrettera que son ouvrage principal Bolivia (1886) ait un caractère plus encyclopédique que descriptif et ne permette pas d'établir une chronologie stricte des voyages effectués par l'auteur pendant les sept années de son séjour en Amérique latine' (Broc, Dictionnaire illustré des explorateurs .. français du XIXe siècle, p. 48-49). [Boeknr.: 8159 ]

€ 180,00

JUAN, Jorge & Antonio de ULLOA. Historische reisbeschryving van geheel Zuid-America; gedaan op bevel des konings van Spanje. Goes, Jacobus Huysman, 1771-72.2 volumes. 4to. Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, with morocco title-labels to spines (2 hinges sl. damaged but strongly holding). With title-pages printed in red and black, engraved allegorical frontispiece, 11 engraved plates (6 folding) and 14 folding maps and plans by H. Vinkeles, J. van Schley, and J. van Jagen. (8),XXIV,428; VIII,IV,406 pp. First Dutch edition, with new and improved plates and maps. - The most comprehensive 18th century account of South America giving the results of the scientific expedition by a group of leading European scientists. Primary source for the history of Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Colombia. This voyage arose out of the desire of the French government. Members of the Academy of Sciences, under the leadership of Charles-Marie de la Condamine, together with two of the most scientific officers of the Spanish navy, Antonio de Ulloa (1716-1795) and Jorge Juan y Santacilla (1713-1773), 'carried on a series of operations of unexampled difficulty and encountered hardships and sufferings which demanded the strength of the strongest constitutions and the energy of minds stimulated by a love of science' (Cox II, p.275). 'Juan and Ulloa's Travels may be selected as the most entertaining and satisfactory work of its kind' (Sabin 36813). - A very fine copy.Tiele 1120; Cat. NHSM I, p.281; Muller, America, 826; Sabin 36804. [Boeknr.: 1662 ]

€ 2250,00

MOSQUERA, T.C. de. Schets van de natuur- en staatkundige aardrijksbeschrijving van Nieuw Grenada. Uit het Engelsch vertaald onder toezigt van A. Goldberg. Amsterdam, A. Zweesaardt en Zoon, 1856.Marbled wrappers. With folding map. 91 pp. Sketch of the physical and political geography of New Granada. The republic of New Granada was a centralist republic consisting primarily of present-day Colombia and Panama.Sabin 51075; Muller, America, p.336. [Boeknr.: 17491 ]