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[SOUTH AMERICA] Jules CREVAUX - Travels in South America. Containing: I, Journey in the interior of the Guianas (1876-1877), exploration of the Maroni and the Yary; II, From Cayenne to the Andes (1878-1879), exploration of the Oyapock, the Parou, the Iça and the Yapura; III, Through New Grenada and Venezuela (1880-1881), exploration, in company with M. E. Le Janne, of the Magdalena, the Guaviar and the Orinoco; IV, Excursion among the Guaraounos (1881). Paris, Hachette, 1883. Large in-4, 340 x 245 mm, contemporary red half-chagrin boards, percaline covers (spotting on the boards), gilt edges (jaws rubbed at the head and tail with small lacks). xvi, 625, [1] pp. illustrated with a portrait of the author, 4 maps, 6 facsimiles of Crevaux's drawings and 253 woodcuts, most of them based on Riou's drawings made after travelers' photographs and sketches. First posthumous edition gathering all the texts of the doctor Jules Crevaux published in "Le Tour du Monde", accompanied by a biographical note written by E. Le Janne, companion of the 3rd trip. Margin of wetness affecting the upper margin of the volume, foxing. ATTACHED: - Mrs. and Mr. Louis AGASSIZ - Journey to Brazil. Translated from English with the permission of the authors by Felix Vogeli. Work illustrated with 54 woodcuts and containing 5 maps. Paris, L. Hachette, 1869. In-8, 240 x 150 mm, xii, 532 pp. Red half-chagrin boards, orange percaline boards, five-ribbed spine, gilt edges (jaws cracked at the head for 4 cm, boards defr.). Full page illustrations included in the pagination and figures in the text, 5 maps out of the text. TOGETHER 2 VOLUMES.