Shelfmark
En.1.08 - En.1.09
Author
Title
Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du nouveau continent, fait en 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804, / par Al. de Humboldt, et A. Bonpland ; rédigé par Alexandre de Humboldt. Avec deux atlas, qui renferment, l'un le vues de cordillères et les monumens de peuples indigènes de l'Amerique, et l'autre des cartes géographiques et physiques.
Varying form of title
Added title page title: Voyage au nouveau continent
Publication, distribution, etc.
A Paris, : chez F. Schoell, rue des Fossés - Montmartres, no. 14., 1814.
Physical description
3 v. : ill., maps, tables ; 36 cm + 2 atlases (57 cm).
Note
Half-title: Voyage au nouveau continent.
Note
On verso of half-title: De l'imprimerie de Smith.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Relation historique. t. 1-3 (t. 4 never published) -- [Atlas pittoresque] Vues de Cordillères (atlas v. 1) -- Atlas géographique et physique (atlas v. 2, pt. 1) -- Atlas géographique et physique. Examen critique de l'histoire de la nouveau continent, et de progrès de l'astronomie nautique aux quinzièmes et seizième siècles (atlas v. 2, pt. 2).
Provenance
Inscription on t.p.: W.H. Trant.
Provenance
Inscription on verso of front fly-leaf: This work was the property of the R. Honorable George Canning. It is now presented to my schoolfellow the Provost of Eton, having witnessed the visit of the King of Prussia, accompanied by the Baron Alexandre de Humboldt, to Eton College on the 26th of January 1842. it is my wish if the Provost see fit, that it be placed in the College Library in memoriam rei. Floreat Etona. William Henry Trant. Windsor, February 19th 1842.
Binding
Mid-nineteenth century purple calf; gold tooled triple fillet frame; gold tooled floral roll on board edges; gold tooled decoration on spine; black morocco spine labels; gold tooled letters and triple fillet on spine lables; marbled endpapers; marbled edges.
Copy-specific note
Copy imperfect: lacks atlas volumes.
Subject
Expeditions.
Subject
Central America Description and travel.
Subject
South America Description and travel.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Schoell, Frédéric, 1766 - 1833 publisher.
Added entry--name
Trant, William Henry former owner.
Added entry--name
Canning, George, 1770 - 1827 former owner.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
fre
Identifier
B32330