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[SOUTH AMERICA] Paul MARCOY - Journey through South America, from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Illustrated with 626 views, types and landscapes by E. Riou and accompanied by 20 maps engraved on the author's drawings. Paris, L. Hachette, 1869. 2 volumes large in-4, 345 x 245 mm, contemporary red half-chagrin boards, percaline covers, gilt edges (spines rubbed in places, corners dull, edges of boards slightly faded with small trace of wetness). FIRST EDITION. [4], 704; [4], 519 pp. Frontispiece portrait of the author in local costume, 20 maps, 2 plans, 90 full-page illustrations and numerous figures in the text. The work is divided according to the different stages of the journey of the French naturalist and explorer, Paul Marcoy (1815-1887) in Peru and Brazil: Islay, Arequipa, Lampa, Acopia Cuzco, Echarayi, Chulituqui, Tunkini and Sarayacu for volume I; Sierra-Blanca, Nauta, Tabatinga, Santa-Maria de Bellem do Para, for volume II. Sabin 44507. Pronounced foxing.