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.
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
Category
Books
Date
1814
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3129074.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1., leaves of plates . ill.. (some col.) . 8vo.. Date cut from title page, date from v.2. Provenance: Nineteenth-century small armorial bookplate with motto, "Degeranti genus opprobium": Calke Abbey Library. Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf, with marbled paper over boards, on five raised bands, gilt fillets on spine, gilt lettered on black and red label: Humboldt's researches in America; marbled endpapers; binder's label: J. Barker, Ashby.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) Helen Maria Williams (London 1759 - Paris 1827)