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535. "Taschenbuch der Reisen oder unterhaltende Darstellung der Entdeckungen des 18 Jahrhunderts, in Rucksicht der Lander Menschen und Productenkunde fur jede Klasse von Lesern" by E.A.W. von Zimmerman

Leipzig Fleischer 1808. First edition, 288 numbered pages. Illustrated with 12 plates, large folding map of South America. Contemporary original embossed boards. Deals entirely with Brazil, Chile and Patagonia. The plates: Patagonian giant, Rio De Janeiro, St. Catherines, a Cuandu, and condor, seals, Chileans, penguin hunting, Commodore Bryon in Patagonia, natives. etc. Apprx 5-1/8" x 3-5/8".



600/900
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