Search Results: Latin America from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

New York: Johnson and Ward, 1863. Single sheet: original 1863 hand-colored map with the usual decorative scrollwork border. Image size is 16 3/4" X 12 1/2". Slightly rough binding edge and some light soiling in margins do not detract from the appearance of the map. The image is clean and bright.. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by A. J. Johnson. Folio (16 3/4" X 12 1/2"). Map.

Paris: Chez Sanson, 1657. Image is 8 1/8 inches by 11 inches on a folded sheet measuring 9 inches by 12 13/16 inches. Original hand-colored copper-engraved map from Sanson's atlas of maps of the Americas: L'Amerique en Plusieurs Cartes. It is a map of the Viceroyalty of Peru that displays the Amazon River and its many tributaries. Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) was the official geographer for the king of France. His map of Peru and the Amazon became the standard that was copied by almost all geographers/cartographers--even reproduced by Bion for his 1700 treatise on globes. Cintra and Oliveira argue that Sanson's map was a scientific one that holds up well, even when compared to 21st century maps of the region. The map is in about very good condition: clean, with bright original outline color; minimal foxing ; some edgewear and soiling in the margins. . First Edition. Single Sheet. Very Good-. 8 1/8 inches by 11 Inches. Map.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. viii, 349 pages. The Barretts were traveling through Patagonia when they met Chace (Of Taunton, Massachusetts and of Patagonia), a fearless adventurer. Book cover is quite sunned, with a couple very small faint stains on front; one corner lightly bumped. Some pages have light foxing at margins or gutter; page edges foxed. Pages 3-6 & 335-338 were crudely opened, so that there are rough tears/pieces missing from fore edges (does not affect text). Previous owner's name in pencil on half-title page. Dust jacket is price clipped; heavily toned, especially on spine; heavily chipped wtih pieces missing from extremities of spine and corners; tears along folds. In mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good+/Fair. Illus. by Rockwell Kent. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.