Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome wahrend der Jahre 1827-1832 by Poeppig, Eduard - 1835

One of the most beautiful books ever made on Chili. 1835. Leipzig. Fleischer und Hinrichs. Two volumes in 4to and atlas in folio oblong (292 mm x 234 mm; 635 mm x 465 mm). xviii + 466; viii + 464 + folding map; 16 lithographed plates. Text in recent brown cloth with lettering pieces to spine; atlas in contemporary boards with blue printed paper with title on front board. First edition, magnificently illustrated. “A highly esteemed work” (Sabin). "After visiting Chile and Peru Poeppig journeyed down the Amazon river to Para. Part of his scientific collection was lost but he managed to save an enormous quantity. The account of his expedition and the botanical surveys he published are comparable to the work of Humboldt" (Borba de Moraes). The atlas contains 16 remarkably accomplished lithographed plates, showing landscapes, customs, manners, and city views; the plates were made by Sedlmayr, Nepomuk and Bergmann after Poeppig´s own drawings. Amongst the plates, the ones from Talcahuano, Antuco volcano & the Perhuenches in a “malon”, are of particular beauty and quality. Palau, 229613, not mentioning the folding map (probably never saw it, as he refers to the plates as “maps”). Borba de Moraes, II, 681.