LA CONDAMINE (Charles-Marie de) Abridged report on a trip to - Lot 69

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LA CONDAMINE (Charles-Marie de) Abridged report on a trip to - Lot 69
LA CONDAMINE (Charles-Marie de) Abridged report on a trip to the interior of South America. From the coast of the South Sea to the coasts of Brazil and Guiana, going down the Amazon River. Paris, Veuve Pissot, 1745. In-8 of [4]-16-216-[4] and 108 pages, glazed blond calf, gilt filets on the covers with gilt fleurons at the corners, spine with decorated ribs, red edges (contemporary binding). Original edition illustrated with a large engraved map, several times folded, of the course of the great Amazon River. Sent by Louis XV for topographical surveys, La Condamine delivers in this travel report interesting and very diverse information: Thus the fight of a crocodile and a tiger, that of a condor or the behavior of turtles, monkeys, on the size of emeralds, gold panning or the harvest of Cahuchu (Rubber), ... Linked to the suite. Letter to Madame de***, about the excited popular riot in the city of Cuenca in Peru, on August 29, 1739 against the academicians of science sent to measure the earth. Folding board of the view of a square prepared for a bull race, in the city of Cuenca in Peru. 2 stains on the first plate otherwise beautifully bound at the time. (Sabin 38484 and 38481 - Borba de Moraes I-378/80 - Chadenat 2123).
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