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

Description

Main Author

Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.

Related Names

Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
Gmelin, Wilhelm Friedrich, 1760-1820, engraver.
Bouquet, Louis, 1765-1814, engraver.
Stone, John Hurford, 1763-1818, printer.
Schoell, Frédéric, 1766-1833, publisher.

Language(s)

French

Published

A Paris : Chez F. Schoell, rue des Fossés-Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, no. 29, 1810 [i.e. 1813]

Subjects

Indios > Indios / Antigüedades
Montañas > Montañas / México
Montañas > Montañas / Perú
Indians of South America > Indians of South America / Andes > Indians of South America / Andes / Antiquities.
Indians of Mexico > Indians of Mexico / Antiquities.
Andes
Perú > Perú / Antigüedades
Andes > Andes / Antiquities.
Peru > Peru / Description and travel.
Mexico > Mexico / Description and travel.
Peru > Peru / Antiquities.
Mexico > Mexico / Antiquities.
Engravings > Engravings / France > Engravings / France / 19th century.

Note

"Lettre de M. Visconti ... à M. de Humboldt, sur quelques monumens des peuples américains" (p. 299-304) dated: Paris, le 12 décembre 1812.
Forms pt. 1, section 2 of Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du nouveau continent.
Engravings by Bouquet, Gmelin and others.
Includes engraved dedication leaf.
Errata: p. 350.
Introduction dated: 1813.

Physical Description

[4], xvi, [2], 350 p., [70] leaves of plates (including 1 double plate) : ill (some col.) ; 59 cm.

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