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Title: A Voyage to South America: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Towns, Provinces, Etc, on That Extensive Continent Undertaken, By Command of the King of Spain Author: Juan, Don George And Don Antonio De Ulloa Place: London Publisher: John Stockdale Date: 1807 Description: 2 volumes. xxvii, [1], 479; iv, 419, [15] pp. With 7 folding plates, including map frontispiece in vol. 1. (8vo) 21x13 cm (8x5") leather backed marbled paper-covered boards. Fifth Edition. "A distinguished work recording the observations of two young naval lieutenants attached to the French scientific expedition to South America. Invaluable not only as an account of their travels in the years 1735-1744 but also for its data on the geography, ethnology, natural resources and social life of the colonies and as a record of the Condamine expedition." - GRIFFIN 2865 Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to bindings with light rubbing to extremities; some offsetting to endpapers and pages adjacent to some plates, light toning to text block, scattered light foxing; very good. Item number: 282774