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Creator:: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Title:: Researches, concerning the institutions & monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America, with descriptions & views of some of the most striking scenes in the Cordilleras! / written in French by Alexander de Humboldt & translated into English by Helen Maria Williams.
Alternate Title(s):: Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amerique. English. Selections
Published / Created:: London : Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, J. Murray & H. Colburn, 1814.
London : J.G. Barnard, Skinner Street
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Books
Notes:: English translation by Helen Maria Williams of the author's orignal French: Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique (Paris, 1810-1813 ; representing partie I, section 2: of Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent fait en 1799-1804 by Alexander von Humboldt).
Subject Terms:: Mexico -- Antiquities. | Peru -- Antiquities. | Mountains -- Mexico. | Mountains -- Peru. | Andes. | Indians -- Antiquities. | Murray, J. -- Publisher. | Verdin, Joseph, Sir -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:: Engravings -- 1814. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1814. | Travel literature. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:: Williams, Helen Maria, 1762–1827, translator. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, publisher. | Barnard, J. G. (John George), -1842, printer. | Colburn, Henry, -1855, publisher.