[Americana] ULLOA (Antonio de); JUAN Y SANTACILIA (Jorge). V - Lot 319

[Americana] ULLOA (Antonio de); JUAN Y SANTACILIA (Jorge). Voyage historique de l'Amérique méridionale fait par ordre du roi d'Espagne, a work containing a history of the Incas, Peru, and the astronomical and physical observations that will help determine the figure and size of the earth. Amsterdam & Leipzig, Arkstée & Merkus, 1752. Two volumes in-4, the second in 2 parts, [10] f., 554 p. + [1] f., 316 p. ; [6] f., 309 p., [1] f., fr., pl., modern black half-maroquin, 5-ribbed spine, red and green title-pieces (wear on the edges; margins a little yellowed, sporadic russeting and stains). First edition in French of this account by explorer & scientist Antonio de Ulloa (1716-1795), who took part, with Jorge Juan y Santacilia, in the expedition led by Pierre Bouguer & Charles Marie de La Condamine, to measure an arc of the terrestrial meridian at the equator. Illustrated with 2 frontispieces, 2 title vignettes, 3 headpieces & 54 intaglio plates by Debrie & Bernard Picart, 46 of which are numbered and almost all of which are fold-outs: maps, plans of Cartagena, Portobello, Lima and ships, scientific instruments, costumes, ceremonies, tortures, human sacrifices, palaces of the Inca kings, lunar eclipse, etc. Collation of plates: T.1 (pl. I-XXV) ; T.2: 1e partie pl. XXVI-XXXVII + 8 pl. non signalées dans table ; T.2, 2e partie : pl. XXXVIII-XLVI). (Leclerc 1856; Chadenat II, 4828; Palau IV, 141; Brunet V, 1006).