Hastrel,A.de. Album de la Plata o' Colleccion De las Vistas y Costumbres remarcables de esta Parte de la America del sur. Reprint of the edition: Paris, Gihaut ca. 1840 (Paris, Mourlot ca. 1950). Fol. With lithogr. title in gold and blue, 12 color lithogr. resp. col. Each plate with up to 12 additional plates with impressions of the different colors. Colors. Ohldr. (boards and spine detached from book block). Not in Sabin. Cf. Thieme-Becker XVI, 116 - Lithograph reprint by Mourlot. Hardly to be distinguished from the original edition. With splendid views of Montevideo (6), Buenos Aires (1) and further views from Uruguay. - Faintly browned in the margins.

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