2 volumes (all published). Translated from the original French by John Black. (8vo) 21x12 cm (8¼x4¾"), period calf, rebacked with earlier spine leather laid down. First American Edition.
Important observations made by Humboldt in the Spanish New World (North America), from 1799 to 1804. Howes writes that the work is "of superlative California importance." Wagner-Camp 7a:5; Howes H786; Sabin 33715.
