Nov 25, 2014 - Sale 2368

Sale 2368 - Lot 383

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(SOUTH AMERICA.) La Condamine, Charles Marie de. Relation abrégée d'un voyage fait dans l'interieur de l'Amérique méridionale. Folding map. [8], xvi, 216; [2], 108 pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, front joint split, otherwise minor wear; front free endpaper detached, minor foxing. Paris, 1745
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first edition, thick paper issue. Discusses La Condamine's 1735 scientific expedition to what is now Ecuador, a joint French-Spanish scientific expedition undertaken with Ulloa and Juan y Santacilia. Bound with (as issued) La Condamine's Lettre a Madame . . . en la Ville de Cuenca au Perou. Includes a folding plate. [Paris], 1746. European Americana 745/115, 746/109; Medina BHA 3371n; Palau 129370-1; Sabin 38484, 38481--each collating slightly differently.