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Creator:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769–1859
Title(s):

Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique / par Al. de Humboldt.

Published/Created:
Paris : F. Schoell, 1810.
Physical Description:
2 v. (xvi, 350 p., 69 leaves of plates) : ill (26 col.) ; 59 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
AmVa 1080 (Folio)
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Vol. 2 has subtitle: Planches.
Constitutes pt. 1, section 2 of Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du nouveau continent.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
BAC: British Art Center copy: 2 Volumes (1 text and 1 plates). Large Folio. Contemporary 1/2 green morocco, green paper boards. Plates, color plates. Presentation copy to Ennius Quirinus Visconti, Membre de l'Institut de France. Spine height: 22 3/8 inches (on spine: VOYAGE DE HUMBOLDT 1/2). In green cloth box-cases, ht: approximately 24 inches (brown-black leather label: HUMBOLDT/VUES DES CORDILLÈRES/I/II PARIS, 1810).
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.
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