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Volcanoes around Quito and Mexico with 12 engraved plates

HUMBOLDT, Alexander von.
Volcans des Cordillères de Quito et du Mexique.

With 12 engraved plates, of which 9 tinted views, 2 plans and 1 cross section.

With 12 engraved plates, of which 9 tinted views, 2 plans and 1 cross section.

With 12 engraved plates, of which 9 tinted views, 2 plans and 1 cross section.

With 12 engraved plates, of which 9 tinted views, 2 plans and 1 cross section.

With 12 engraved plates, of which 9 tinted views, 2 plans and 1 cross section.



Paris, Gide and J. Baudry (colophon: printed by E. Thunot & Co.), 1854. Oblong 4to. Half cloth, original printed boards. With 12 engraved plates, of which 9 tinted views, 2 plans and 1 cross section. 15, [1] p.

First French edition of Humboldt's work on volcanoes around Quito and Mexico. Originally published in German as Umrisse von Vulkanen aus den Cordilleren von Quito und Mexico as part of Humboldt's Kleinere Schriften (1853) and this first French edition is published as the atlas volume of Mélanges de Géologie et physique génerale but many times found separately. A second French edition appeared in 1864.
Good copy, foxed.
BMC NH, p. 889; Sabin 33749; cf. Löwenberg 219; Ward 1154.

Related Subjects: 19th Century  America [North]  Earth Sciences [Geology]  France  Mexico  Volcanos 

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