- Lot 281

[AMERICA] Alcide d'ORBIGNY - Picturesque journey in the two Americas. General summary of all the voyages of Columbus, Las-Casas, Oviedo, Gomara, Garcilazo de La Vega... Accompanied by maps and numerous intaglio engravings on steel, after the drawings of SAINSON, draftsman of the voyage of the "Astrolabe", and Jules BOILLY. Paris, L. Tenré, 1836. Large in-8, 270 x 180 mm, brown basane, smooth spine decorated, edges pebbled (spine slightly rubbed, upper spine split over 2 cm, stain on upper cover). [4], xvi, 568 pp. Text on 2 columns. First edition of this fictional journey, taking place between 1826 and 1832, illustrated with a portrait plate placed in the frontispiece, 2 folding maps drawn by Dufour and 132 plates out of the text, 1 of which is folding. Some foxing.