Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 319

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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(VENEZUELA.) Gumilla, José. El Orinoco Ilustrado: Historia Natural, Civil, y Geographica, de este Gran Rio. Folding map, 2 plates. [40], 580, [19] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear, lacking ties, small red stain on front cover; map lacking 8 x 2 inch section in upper right corner and laid down on paper, endpapers renewed, intermittent foxing; early inscription partially erased from title page. Madrid, 1741
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first edition. "More than three fourths of it is devoted to a minute description of the government, peculiar customs, religious rites, domestic habits, and ceremonies of the Indians inhabiting the shores of the Orinoco and its tributaries"--Field 616 (re a later edition). European Americana 741/110; Medina, BHA 3268; Palau 111191; Sabin 29274.