Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 406

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(SOUTH AMERICA.) Feuillée, Louis. Journal des Observations Physiques, Mathematiques et Botaniques, faites . . . sur les Côtes Orientales de l'Amerique Meridionale, & dans les Indes Occidentales. 13 maps and plans, 60 plates, text illustrations. [16], 504; [8], [503]-767, [1] pages. 2 (of 3) volumes, lacking the 1725 supplement as usual. 4to, contemporary speckled calf, moderate wear, small library tags on backstrips; minor dampstaining, plate facing page 197 detached, leaves II:Ss1-2 misbound after Ss3; library bookplates and duplicate markings on front pastedowns. Paris, 1714
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first edition of a journal kept by a French scientist-monk in Chile, Peru, and what is now Argentina. The plates include several panoramic views, plans of harbors, and a map of South America in addition to 50 botanical plates at the end of Volume II. Most memorable is a deformed sheep he saw in Buenos Aires (illustrated). European America 714/49; Nissen Botanische 622; Palau 90937; Pritzel 2882; Sabin 24224; Streit III:89.