Voyage à travers l'Amérique du Sud, de l'océan Pacifique à l'océan Atlantique. Illustré de 626 vues, types et paysages par E. Riou. Et accompagné de 20 cartes gravées sur les dessins de l'auteur.

2 vol., larg. 4to (foxing).

Contemp. half red shagreen, blind ruled red buckram, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, a.e.g. (sl. rubbed, sm. stains to vol. II).

First edition of these travels through South America. Abundantly illustrated with a frontispiece, ill. in text, full-page pl. and with 20 maps. The French naturalist and explorer P. Marcoy (1815-1887) left for South America in 1846 where he stayed for 15 years travelling through the continent.
Ref. Sabin 44507. - Not in Leclerc.