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New York, N.Y.: I. Riley, 1811. In two volumes: cxv + 221 + 377 pages; illustrated with tables and statistical lists about these territories by Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron von Humboldt (1769-1859) German naturalist, scientific writer & traveler; text with observations made by Humboldt in the Spanish New World (North America), from 1799 to 1804. Howes writes that the work is "of superlative California importance." Wagner-Camp 7a:5; Howes H786; Sabin 33715. Translated from the original French by John Black. Old gift-sticker from E.C. Whittemore to the Waterville Historical Society and with their stamp on one of the page edges in the text. Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/2" size; bound in full polished tree-calf leather; spines with gilt titles and simple line-rules. Some edge, tips wear & rubbing to the boards; some foxing & spotting; a few leaves chipped at edges, one with a careless imposition of the type by the printer. in good condition. . First American Edition. Leather. Good.

New York: I.Riley, 1811. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Two volumes (complete). A Fair set in three-quarter brown leather over marbled paper-covered boards. Covers rubbed, quite heavily at the spines. The front cover of Volume II is detached but present. The paper has foxed/tanned heavily, but the text is legible throughout. Suitable for re-backing in the original covers, or re-binding if preferred. Also suitable as a reading copy for the quite gentle reader.

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1811. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Volumes 1-3 only. Matching marbleized boards with leather spine and tips. Marbleized boards show soil and rubbing, edge wear and chipping. Boards of volume 3 are noticeably rubbed front and rear. Corners bumped and frayed. Leather spine with title and gold ruling. Scuffing and soil, edges frayed. Hinges cracking. Bookplate in all 3 volumes. Endpaper soil. Occasional soil and foxing to text throughout. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; H. Colburn; W. Blackwood, and Brown and Crombie, 1811. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4 vols.: cxlv, 289; 531; 493; 374, [102] p. 22 cm. Numerous tables within the text. Vol. III has two fold-out frontispieces, one with maps, the other with graphs. Vol. IV has fold-out frontispiece map of the world. Volume of plates contains 2 illustration plates and 6 maps and sections. Map of New Spain missing. Rebound in full leather with black spine labels, gold and blank impressing on spines. New endpapers. Some dampstains and soiling to each volume, some pencil marks to margins. Vol. I has chips to corners on pp. xvii, 115 & 143, small tear at top of p. 17, ink notes p. 95, 101, 111, 117 & 127. Vol. II has ink note on p. 402 & 406, small tear in edge of p. 37. Small tear in fold of second frontispiece in vol. III. Some foxing and a few ink marks to Plates volume. Title continues: "Containing Researches relative to the Geography of Mexico,… Leer más

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 4 volume set in custom made slip box. 1st English ed. Translation of Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle -Espagne. Bound in 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Some wear to spine hinges. Shaken, internal hinges reglued. Later end pages. Former owners' names and stamp on feps. Lacking Atlas volume. 6 maps, 2 folding. 6 plates. Collated: Vol I: xvii, [18-20], cxlv, [1], 289, [1] pp. Vol II: [2], 531, [1] pp, Vol III: [6], 493, [1] pp. Vol IV: [2], 374 pp, plus index with ads on verso of its last leaf. NOTE: The 2 volume American edition published by Riley is abridged. This edition is the 4 volume London edition. Sold with all faults. <br><br>Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an important Prussian geographer and explorer. Humboldt traveled extensively in Latin America and described it from a scientific viewpoint. He had an important influence on Darwin. Much of this work deals… Leer más