Lot 518
South America, Chile, Peru and Mexico, 8 volumes including La Condamine, C.M.
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 August 2016 at 12:00 BST
Description
A Succint Abridgment of a Voyage made within the Inland Parts of South America. London: E. Withers & G. Woodfall, 1747. 8vo, folding map, half-title, late 19th century morocco-backed boards, light deletion from head of title, binding repaired, worn; Molina, J.I. The Geographical, Natural and Civil History of Chili. Middletown (Conn.), 1808. 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map, modern quarter brown morocco gilt, library stamp at head of title pages, occasional light spotting; Rengger & Longchamps, Messrs. The reign of Doctor Joseph Gaspard Roderick de Francia, in Paraguay. London, 1827. 8vo, contemporary half calf, somewhat spotted, rebacked retaining original spine; Conder, J. A Popular Description of Peru and Chile, [1830], 12mo, folding map and 3 plates, contemporary green half morocco; Hall, Basil Extracts from a Journal written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico. Edinburgh, 1824. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, folding map, modern quarter brown morocco; Depons, F. Travels in parts of South America in the years 1801-1804. London, 1806. 8vo, folding map & plan, early 20th century calf-backed boards, plan split at fold, short split to map, rubbed (8)