The Americas

First edition, 8vo (21 x 12.5cm), iv, 395pp., hand-coloured engraved frontispiece map. Contemporary green hard-grained morocco gilt, gilt edges, Eton leavers present.

First English edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xxxi, 352; xi, 397pp., translated by Mrs Percy Sinnett with an introduction by Alexander von Humboldt, folding map, 11 chromolithographed plates, some captions cropped, 12 woodcuts, bound as an Eton College leaving present in contemporary tan calf gilt, spines in six compartments, red and green labels to second and third, others richly gilt, raised bands, small repair to foot of spine, a fine set.

First edition in Spanish. 4to, 898, viii pp., profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, 2 coloured maps, original black morocco gilt, all edges gilt, a very good copy.

Copper engraving, in original wash colour, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into the original green marbled slipcase with paper label, the map, widest: 491 x 615 mm.

First edition. 8vo, xxix, 88 pp., folding map frontispiece of the Isthmus of Panama, original blue cloth gilt, fine.

Second edition in Italian, 4to., [16], 624pp., engraved portrait frontispiece and seven other plates, contemporary vellum, a very good copy.

First edition. 8vo., vi, 238pp., four folding coloured maps, original green cloth gilt, Library of Congress duplicate with their stamp, 1 corner defective, light wear to spine.

First edition. 8vo, 150, [1], [1]pp., 20 mounted albumen prints, tipped-in printed captions below images, light waterstaining touching but not affecting photographs, contemprary brown morocco gilt, light wear.

First edition. 4to, 71pp., text bordered in red, 10 mounted albumen prints within red borders by John Payson Soule, captioned in red, original tissue guards, 3 wood-engravings in text, original plum cloth decorated in gilt and black, lower cover and spine faded, all edges gilt, ex-libris Zadoc Long Free Library with label to front free endpaper and card pocket to rear pastedown, remains of small label to foot of spine, a very good copy.

First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, with portrait frontispiece, 5 folding maps, and 2 double-page illustrations, original blue cloth pictorial gilt, 1 corner bumped, small snag at foot of vol. i., else a fine clean copy.