Sep 17, 2009 - Sale 2186

Sale 2186 - Lot 394

Price Realized: $ 720
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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(VENEZUELA.) Hippisley, Gustavus. A Narrative of the Expedition to the Rivers Orinoco and Apuré, in South America. 8vo, later calf gilt; uncut, minor foxing; bookplate of Alberto Parreño on front pastedown. London, 1819

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first edition. Written by a disillusioned English officer in the army of liberation, hoping to save his countrymen "from becoming the victims of jealousy, treachery, falsehood, and oppression." Palau 114859; Sabin 31988.