CARREY (Émile).
CARREY (Émile).
The Amazon. Eight days under the Equator.
Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1856. In-12, full black chagrin, double cold fillet, spine decorated, interior roulette, gilt edges (Rel. époque).
First edition of this travelogue on the banks of the Amazon. Emile Carrey (1820-1880) was sent as a diplomat to South America in 1852. He describes here a part of his long journey by dugout, from Bélem in Brazil to Guyana, and facing the giant wave, the "prororoca".
S.S. from the author on the title (cut short): "Mr H. Valpinçon, souvenir of old and cordial attention. Émile C[arrey]".
Small superficial scratch on the first cover.
