HERNDON, Lewis. Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, Washington: Taylor & Maury, 1854. 8°, 16 lithographed plates printed in yellow and black, folding hand-coloured map at end (map trimmed at lower edge and remargined with slight loss, occasional spotting and browning), contemporary half calf gilt (spine rubbed). Sabin 31524. PARISH, Woodbine. Buenos Ayres, and the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata: their present state, trade and debt, London: John Murray 1839. 8°, folding engraved general map mounted on silk in pocket at front, folding plan, 4 plates (occasional spotting), contemporary half morocco gilt (lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. Sabin 58612: "The author is the discoverer of those extraordinary fossil animals, the megatherium and the glyptodon. Contains information not to be found in the second edition." With 9 other works of related interest in 10 volumes including Charles Waterton's Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles (London, 1825), B. M. Norman's Rambles in Yucatan (New York, 1843, 2nd edition) and George Gardner's Travels in the Interior of Brazil (London, 1846). (12)
HERNDON, Lewis. Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, Washington: Taylor & Maury, 1854. 8°, 16 lithographed plates printed in yellow and black, folding hand-coloured map at end (map trimmed at lower edge and remargined with slight loss, occasional spotting and browning), contemporary half calf gilt (spine rubbed). Sabin 31524. PARISH, Woodbine. Buenos Ayres, and the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata: their present state, trade and debt, London: John Murray 1839. 8°, folding engraved general map mounted on silk in pocket at front, folding plan, 4 plates (occasional spotting), contemporary half morocco gilt (lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. Sabin 58612: "The author is the discoverer of those extraordinary fossil animals, the megatherium and the glyptodon. Contains information not to be found in the second edition." With 9 other works of related interest in 10 volumes including Charles Waterton's Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles (London, 1825), B. M. Norman's Rambles in Yucatan (New York, 1843, 2nd edition) and George Gardner's Travels in the Interior of Brazil (London, 1846). (12)
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