[Americana]. AZARA (Félix de). Voyages dans l'Amerique Merid - Lot 222

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[Americana]. AZARA (Félix de). Voyages dans l'Amerique Merid - Lot 222
[Americana]. AZARA (Félix de). Voyages dans l'Amerique Meridionale depuis 1781 jusqu'en 1801 Paris, Dentu, 1809. 4 volumes in-8 of text, period brown shagreened calf, ornate smooth spine, red title-piece and green tomaison, boards framed with a gilt roulette, gilt fillet on the edges, and a large atlas in-4, recent binder in ivory half parchment à la Bradel, old title label on upper board. recent ivory half parchment à la Bradel, old title label on upper board (flaws to text vols. including 3 uncovered headpieces, splits to spines, windows skilfully filled in on titles; marginal flaws not serious on plates including soiling and wetness, stain on map pl. 4, small lack on map pl.5). Edition published according to the author's manuscripts, with a note on his life and writings, by C. A. Walckenaer, enriched with notes by G. Cuvier, and followed by the Histoire naturelle des oiseaux du Paraguay et de la Plata, by the same author, translated, according to the Spanish original, and increased by a large number of notes, by M. Sonnini. The atlas comprises 25 plates, including a frontispiece portrait of the author and 5 fold-out maps. The text contains 3 fold-out tables.
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