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Humboldt, Alexander vonAtlas Geographique et Physique du Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne ... Paris: G. Dufour, 1812
Atlas volume only, folio (598 x 434 mm). Lacking plates 16 and 17, some foxing, one or two instances of marginal dampstaining. Early half red morocco and paper-covered boards; extremities rubbed with loss, boards edged with modern tape. 
(Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.)
The atlas volume from Humboldt's Essai politique sur ... la Nouvelle Espagne, publishing Bonpland and Humboldt's sweeping discoveries in Mexico, California, and the American Southwest.
REFERENCE:Graff 2009; Howes H-786; Streeter 195Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry.
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