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PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Etat : New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Etat : New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Etat : New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Frontispiece, 80 pp; illus. Original cloth, 4to. Near Fine. Presentation bookplate signed by translator on flyleaf.

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3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xxii, 505, [1]; vi, 521, [1]; vi, 442. lacking half-title in Vol. I? untrimmed in original blind-stamped cloth (some chipping to joints & extremities, occasional foxing & browning, several gatherings sprung in Vol. III). cfSabin 33744.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. 4 volumes and atlas. xvi+493 pages, [1]+[2]+544 pages; [2]+644 pages; [2]+649+[1] pages. (8½ x 5¼") Octavo 19th century half morocco & boards, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands. Atlas volume 136 pages with 39 hand-colored lithographs and 3 engraved plates and by Traucott Bromme, figures and index. Oblong quarto (11 ¼ x 13 ½ ) Atlas half leather binding with six raised spine binds with gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. (Norman 1112; PMM 320; Sparrow 106) First Editions. Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe is an influential treatise on science and nature written by the German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Cosmos began as a lecture series delivered by Humboldt at the University of Berlin, and was published in five volumes between 1845 and 1862 (the fifth was posthumous and completed based on Humboldt's notes). In the first volume of Cosmos, Humboldt paints a general portrait of nature , describing the physical nature of outer space and the Earth. In the second volume he describes the history of science. Widely read by academics and laymen alike, it applied the ancient Greek view of the orderliness of the cosmos (the harmony of the universe) to the Earth, suggesting that universal laws applied as well to the apparent chaos of the terrestrial world. Humboldt goes on to suggest that when one contemplates the beauty of the cosmos, one can obtain personal inspiration and a beneficial, if subjective, awareness about life. Cosmos was influenced by Humboldt's various travels and studies, but mainly by his journey throughout the Americas. As he wrote, it was the discovery of America that planted the seed of the Cosmos. Due to all of his experience in the field, Humboldt was preeminently qualified for the task to represent the universe in a single work. He had extensive knowledge of many fields of learning, varied experiences as a traveler, and the resources of the scientific and literary world at his disposal. In 1828 after the Berlin lectures, Humboldt began formulating his vision in writing. His factual text, heavily loaded with footnotes and references, was sent in proof sheets to all the various specialists for comments and corrections before publication. In this way, he aimed to ensure that what he wrote was both accurate and up-to-date. He continually looked to his friend and literary advisor Varnhagen von Ense for advice in the matter of his style of writing. In total Cosmos took twenty-five years to write. Humboldt felt as if publishing Cosmos was a race against death. The first volume was published in 1845 when he was seventy-six, the second when he was seventy-eight, the third when he was eighty-one, and the fourth when he was eighty-nine. The fifth volume, however, was only half-written when Humboldt died in 1859 and had to be completed from his notes and provided with an index over a thousand pages long. Humboldt's Cosmos had a significant impact on scientific progress, as well as various scientists and authors throughout Europe and America. Humboldt's work gave a strong impetus to scientific exploration throughout the nineteenth century, inspiring many, including Charles Darwin, who brought some of Humboldt's earlier writings with him on his voyage as the naturalist aboard the Beagle in the 1830s. Darwin called Humboldt "the greatest scientific traveler who ever lived. Condition: Some rubbing to extremities, spine head of Vol. II chipped. Atlas volume with some child s scribbling to title and index pages, some internal foxing else a very good set.

2 text volumes in one: 4to., (13 x 10 inches). Half-title, sectional title-pages (a few pale mostly marginal stains). Contemporary diced calf, gilt, all edges gilt, fine gilt supra libros of the Earls of Darnley in the center of each cover (rebacked to style, extremities scuffed). Atlas volume: folio (23 x 17 inches). Half-title (spotted). 20 fine numbered engraved maps on 18 sheets, including one large folding general map of Nouvelle-Espagne, 8 double-page, and 6 with original hand-colour (some marginal spotting). Contemporary brown cloth backed drab paper boards (rebacked preserving the original spine, extremities worn with minor loss). Provenance: supra libros of the Earls of Darnley in the center of each cover of the text volume; Thomas Winthrop Streeter (1883-1965), with his bookplate on the front paste-down of each volume, his pencilled note recording his purchase of the books from Bernard Quaritch in 1952, his sale 1966, lot 195. "A CORNERSTONE IN ANY COLLECTION ON MEXICO" (Hill). First French edition, second issue (a German edition was published in Tubigen, 1809-14, with fewer plates and maps) of the third part in the monumental 29-volume series "Voyage aux regions equinoxiales du Nouveau Continent". The two text volumes and an atlas of 20 numbered maps and profiles relating to New Spain, "contains the most complete and accurate picture of the natural resources of Mexico then available, and in 1824 was declared by a representative of the Mexican government to have contributed to the reanimation of the active industry of the nation. It also contains references to the early exploration of the Californias" (Hill). The atlas includes plates on volcanoes, land profiles, a map of the southern part of North America, maps of Mexico, and the celebrated "Carte Generale du Royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne." A "truly magnificent cartographic achievement" (Wheat). Between 1799 and 1804 Humboldt and Bonpland's research expedition through America "amassed exhaustive data in a wide array of fields from meterolgy to ethnography, and gathered 60,000 plant specimens, 6,300 of which had been hitherto unknown in Europe" (Norman). Graff 2009; Hill 843; Phillips 2682; Reese & Miles "Creating America" 23; Ramsey 328; Sabin 33756; Streeter I:195 THIS COPY; Streeter "Texas" 1042 note; Wagner-Camp-Becker 7a:3, 7a:3a:1; Wheat "Mapping the Transmississippi West" 302-305.

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5 volumes. 8vo., (8 x 4 6/8 inches). Large folding table at end of volume II (lacking all other maps and plates, including the large map of New Spain). Modern full cerise calf. First French octavo edition, published the same year in quarto with an atlas of large folding maps and plates as the third part of Humboldt's monumental 29-volume "Voyage aux regions equinoxiales du Nouveau Continent". Humboldt's work provided the most comprehensive survey of the mineral resources of New Spain at a time when Mexico was first in silver production. This aspect of the work resulted in a demand for translations and many editions. In 1799 Alexander von Humboldt went to Spain and received from King Charles IV permission to visit and make scientific investigations in all the Spanish possessions in Europe, America, with privileges never before granted to any traveller. From 1799 to 1804, Humboldt was accompanied by the French botanist Aimé Bonpland, and together they made observations on geology, geography, zoology, botany and the political and social character of the regions. His exploration of Orinoco River was the first to furnish any positive knowledge of that river. In 1802, in exploring the volcanoes of Ecuador, he ascended heights that had not previously been attained, and on Chimborazo reached the altitude of 19,286 feet. Afterward he made a profile of Mexico from sea to sea--this was the first profile ever given of an entire country. After his return to Paris, and over a period of about two decades, Humboldt undertook to publish the results of his study in the monumental 29-volume "Voyage aux regions equinoxiales du Nouveau Continent". The present work is the third part of this series, including much of present-day southwestern United States. This comprised the first scientific description of the American Southwest and includes a wealth of new information on California and Texas. Wagner-Camp 7a:2; Howes H786; Hill, p.149; Streeter I:196; Sabin 33713. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

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