Researches, concerning the institutions & monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America :
with descriptions & views of some of the most striking scenes in the Cordilleras! /
written in French by Alexander de Humboldt, & translated into English by Helen Maria Williams.
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London :
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, J. Murray & H. Colburn,
1814.
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| Notes: | Engraved t.p. "Translation of "Vues des Cordillères ett monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique," which forms "1. ptie. 2 section" of "Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland." Indexes (v. 2, p. [257]-324) refer to the vollmes as "volumes XIII and XIV"; signatures and plates also refer to vol. XIII and XIV, indicating that the "Researches" bore those volume numbers in a series of translations of Humboldt's works issued by Longmans. Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical description: 2 v., 19 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. (8vo) more |
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