[CALVET]. SOUTH AMERICA. MISSION OF M. A. CALVET. Economic study of the Republics of the Rio de La Plata. Confederation of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay. 1886-1888. Paris, circa 1888]. Large in-4 publisher's red percaline decorated in cold, title gilt on first board. Small discolorations and stains to the binding. RARE ATLAS composed of 25 off-text PLATES: 22 plates of photographic reproductions, 1 colour map, 1 plate of economic diagrams and 1 plate of standard plans of agricultural colonies. (Provenance: Roger VIVIER Library)

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