Researches, concerning the institutions & monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America, : with descriptions and views of some of the most striking scenes in the Cordilleras!
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Translation, by Helen Maria Williams, of: Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique. Paris, 1810-1813 (representing Partie I, section 2: of Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent, fait en 1799-1804 / Alexander von Humboldt)
Engraved title pages, each with a vignette illustration designated as Plate 10 (v. 1) and Plate 6 (v. 2) and signed: W. Jeffreys. sc. Fetter La
Colophon v. 1: J.G. Barnard, Skinner Street, London; colophon v. 2: Bernard and Farley, Skinner Street, London
Direction lines v. 1 marked: Vol. XIII., and direction lines v. 2 marked: Vol. XIV. Also, notes, indexes and lists of plates (all in v. 2) refer to volume XIII. or XIV. respectively (rather than to v. 1 or 2). Apparently, these volume numbers were assigned to a series of translations of various works by Humboldt, issued (or, in part, planned to be issued) by the London firm of Longman, Hurst, Reed, Orme & Brown
Signatures: v. 1: [A]² B-2C 2D chi² ([A]1 verso, D1 verso, chi2 verso blank); v. 2: [A]² (-[A]2) B-X Y² ([A]1 verso, P6 verso blank)
Volume 2: p. 233 misnumb.: "333"; v. 2: p. 310 misnumb.: "103"
Plates (20, on 19 leaves) numbered: Pl. 1. [-20.]. Plates 1 and 2 printed on one leaf. Text describes the 69 plates of the original French edition, giving their numbers as: Plates I. and II. [-Plate LXIX.]. The plate numbers assigned to the two vignettes on the title pages refer to the numeration of the plates in the French edition; however, Plate "6" on the title page of v. 2 is an error for Plate "8" (text in v. 1: p. 105 is marked correctly as: Plate VIII.). Consequently, the present work contains 22 of the original 69 illustrations. Many plates have the imprint: Pub.d by Longman, Hurst, Reed, Orme & Brown, August [or: Aug.t] 1814
Contains: "Letter from Mr. Visconti, member of the National Institute of France, to M. de Humboldt, on certain monuments of the American nations." (v. 2: p. 210-219), signed: E. Q. Visconti and dated Paris, the 12th of December, 1812
Includes bibliography and index
Sabin
Watt, R. Bib. Britannica
Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.)
Bottom of title pages in John Carter Brown Library copy cropped, resulting in partial loss (v. 1) or full loss (v. 2) of date of publication
Engraved title pages, each with a vignette illustration designated as Plate 10 (v. 1) and Plate 6 (v. 2) and signed: W. Jeffreys. sc. Fetter La
Colophon v. 1: J.G. Barnard, Skinner Street, London; colophon v. 2: Bernard and Farley, Skinner Street, London
Direction lines v. 1 marked: Vol. XIII., and direction lines v. 2 marked: Vol. XIV. Also, notes, indexes and lists of plates (all in v. 2) refer to volume XIII. or XIV. respectively (rather than to v. 1 or 2). Apparently, these volume numbers were assigned to a series of translations of various works by Humboldt, issued (or, in part, planned to be issued) by the London firm of Longman, Hurst, Reed, Orme & Brown
Signatures: v. 1: [A]² B-2C 2D chi² ([A]1 verso, D1 verso, chi2 verso blank); v. 2: [A]² (-[A]2) B-X Y² ([A]1 verso, P6 verso blank)
Volume 2: p. 233 misnumb.: "333"; v. 2: p. 310 misnumb.: "103"
Plates (20, on 19 leaves) numbered: Pl. 1. [-20.]. Plates 1 and 2 printed on one leaf. Text describes the 69 plates of the original French edition, giving their numbers as: Plates I. and II. [-Plate LXIX.]. The plate numbers assigned to the two vignettes on the title pages refer to the numeration of the plates in the French edition; however, Plate "6" on the title page of v. 2 is an error for Plate "8" (text in v. 1: p. 105 is marked correctly as: Plate VIII.). Consequently, the present work contains 22 of the original 69 illustrations. Many plates have the imprint: Pub.d by Longman, Hurst, Reed, Orme & Brown, August [or: Aug.t] 1814
Contains: "Letter from Mr. Visconti, member of the National Institute of France, to M. de Humboldt, on certain monuments of the American nations." (v. 2: p. 210-219), signed: E. Q. Visconti and dated Paris, the 12th of December, 1812
Includes bibliography and index
Sabin
Watt, R. Bib. Britannica
Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.)
Bottom of title pages in John Carter Brown Library copy cropped, resulting in partial loss (v. 1) or full loss (v. 2) of date of publication
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