Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 156

Price Realized: $ 1,170
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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(SOUTH AMERICA.) La Condamine, Charles Marie de. Journal du voyage fait par ordre du Roi, a l'equateur and Mesure des trois premiers degrés du méridien dans l'hémisphere australe. 3 folding maps, 6 folding plates. [2], xxxvi, 280, xv; [12], 266, x pages. 2 volumes, without the 1754 supplement. 4to, matching contemporary speckled calf, minor wear; edges tinted red; 1791 tag on front pastedown. Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale, 1751
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first edition of La Condamine's account of the important French Geodesic Mission through what are now Peru and Ecuador, measuring the curvature of the earth at the equator. Palau 59002; Sabin 38479, 38483.