TSCHUDI, J.J. von.

Travels in Peru, during the years 1838-1842.. On theCoast, in the Sierra, across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the primeval Forests. Translated from the German by Thomasina Ross.

London, David Bogue, 1847. Orig. full blindstamped cloth. A few small insignificant tears to spine ends. Tinted lithographed frontispiece. XII,506 pp. Frontispiece and last 3 leaves somewhat brownspotted, otherwise clean and fine.

First English edition, published the year after the German first edition.- Tschudi travelled in Peru for 4 years, making his living practicing as doctor. He travelled unexplored regions and brought back with him a large collection of zoological material.

Order-nr.: 43659