Voyage Pittoresque dans les Deux Amériques: Résumé Général de Tous les Voyages de Colomb, Las-Casas, Oviedo, Gomara, Garcilazo de la Vega

Paris: L. Tenré et Henri Dupuy, 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. Title continued: "Acosta, Dutertre, Labat, Stedman, La Condamine, Ulloa, Humboldt, Hamilton, Cochrane, Mawe, Auguste de Saint-Hilaire, Max. de Neuwied, Spix et Martius, Rengger et Longchamp, Azara, Fresier, Molina, Miers, Poeppig, Antonio del Rio, Beltrami, Pike, Long, Adair, Chastellux, Bartram, Collot, Lewis et Clarke, Bradbury, Ellis, McKenzie, Franklin, Parry, Back, Phipps, etc., etc. Par les rédacteurs du Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde; publié sous la direction de M. Alcide d'Orbigny ... Accompagné de cartes et de nombreuses gravures en taille-douce sur acier, d'après les dessins de MM. de Sainson ... et Jules Boilly." [4], xvi, 568 p., frontispiece and 133 additional leaves of steel-engraved plates (3 folded): portraits, 2 large folded maps of North America and South America; 28 cm. Contemporary calf spine with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments with gilt-tooled title in second compartment: "Voyage dans les Deux Ameriques." Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Title vignette. The plates illustrate the costume and customs of the Indians of South America and Central America, as well as views of rural and urban scenes, architecture, and archaeological ruins throughout the Americas, including the United States and Canada. Sabin, 57458. In Very Good Condition: binding is rubbed, with minor loss at head of spine; lower corner of front board bumped; back joint starting starting, but hinge is solid; pp. 147-150 partially detached; internally clean and crisp.