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Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859, Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique, 1810 [that is, 1813?]
- Title(s):
- Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique.
- Published/Created:
- A Paris : Chez F. Schoell, rue des Fossé́s-Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, no. 29, 1810 [that is, 1813?]
[Paris] : De l'imprimerie de J.H. Stône - Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (xvi, 350 pages, 69 leaves of plates) : 69 illustrations (engraving, aquatint, some color) ; 59 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio B 2024 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9768346
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- This volume constituted the first part, second section of Humboldt's thirty-volume work, Voyage aux regions equinoxiales du nouveau continent, fait dans les années 1799 à 1804.
Illustrations engraved by Bouquet in Paris or Arnold in Berlin, after sketches by Humboldt and drawings by Aguera, Koch, Marchais, and others.
Vol. 2 has subtitle: Planches.
"Lettre de M. Visconti ... à M. de Humboldt, sur quelques monumens des peuples américains" (p. 299-304) dated: Paris, le 12 décembre 1812.
Fiedler, H. Alexander von Humboldts Schriften, 4.3
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 33754
Lipperheide, F. Katalog der Freiherrlich von Lipperheide'schen Kostümbibliothek, 1630
Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), volume 3, column 373
Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano (2. ed.), 117026
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
BAC: Bound in contemporary green half morocco and green paper boards. With added engraved presentation leaf to Ennius Quirinus Visconti, Membre de l'Institut de France.
Work based on Humboldt's travels, with French doctor and botanist Aimé́ Bonpland, to Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru between 1799 and 1804, often considered the founding work of American anthropology. Humboldt's travels, experiments, and knowledge transformed Western science. He and Bonpland were especially interested in botany, antiquities, minerals, geography, and geology, as shown by the large folded plate of a view of the great Andean volcano Chimborazo. Humboldt also included some of the first extensive reproductions of New World codices from the Columbian era, such as Codex Mendoza and the Dresden Codex. - Subject Terms:
- Andes -- Antiquities.Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities.Indians of South America -- Andes -- Antiquities.Mexico -- Antiquities.Mexico -- Description and travel.Peru -- Antiquities.Peru -- Description and travel.Visconti, Ennio Quirino, 1751-1818 -- Ownership.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints.
Etchings.
Travel literature.
Color printing (Printing)
Hand coloring.
Authors' presentation copies. - Export:
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