15th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 139
 

139

Marcoy, Paul A Journey Across South America. Glasgow and Edinburgh: Blackie and Son, 1872-3. 4to (4

Marcoy, Paul
A Journey Across South America. Glasgow and Edinburgh: Blackie and Son, 1872-3. 4to (4 vols). Org. decorative cloth; ten colour maps and 600 illus. In org. half-volumes with adverts.
Paul Marcoy (real name Laurent de Saint-Cricq)'s 1846 trip from the Peruvian coast over the Andes and down the Amazon River to the Atlantic Ocean was translated from a French publication series from 1863 to 1864 in Le Tour du Monde and then published in English in this edition. The journey included evenings of Hell with bloodsucking fleas, drunken festivals, theft, and the politics of a Peru some 25 years after independence. Whilst there are questions about the scientific value of Marcoy's illustrations, their lively quality helps place the reader back in an era of harder travelling when Marcoy's journey was the height of daring.

Sold for £40
Estimated at £80 - £100


 

. Bindings worn, some variable foxing, toning to pre- and post-lims, but generally clean internally.

 


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Auction: Books, Maps & Ephemera, 15th Mar, 2019

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