[Americana]. MORELET (Arthur). Voyage dans l'Amérique Centra - Lot 256

[Americana]. MORELET (Arthur). Voyage dans l'Amérique Centrale, l'ile de Cuba et le Yucatan Paris, Gide et J. Baudry, 1857. 2 vols. in-8, [2] f., 337 p., [1] f. + [2] f., 323 p., [1] f., 3 pl. dont carte dépl, period fawn half-chagrin with corners, spine with 4 bands, author, title and tomaison gilt, speckled edges (binding a little rubbed, small crack on the map repaired with adhesive on the spine). Illustrated with 22 wood-engraved vignettes at the head of each chapter, some based on the author's own drawings, a steel-engraved fold-out map of Yucatan and Guatemala, and two music plates. Provenance: Carlos E. Benemann (stamp on one endpaper); old annulled label from the library of the Department of States, United States of America . (Sabin 50591).