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1819. BOOK. (TRAVEL—SOUTH AMERICA). HIPPISLEY, G.:. A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION TO THE ORINOCO AND APURÉ RIVERS IN SOUTH AMERICA; WHICH SAILED FROM ENGLAND IN NOVEMBER 1817. London: John Murray, 1819. Large 8vo. XIX + 653 pp. Some old pencil underlining. Includes the errata sheet, inserted as a separate strip. Bound in half-leather, with leather corners, raised bands, title label, the rear edge completely slanted and the front edge partially so, top edge gilt. Spine very dry and deteriorated. Two bookplates, one heraldic. First edition of this work describing the battles fought alongside Bolívar in the Venezuelan War of Independence. Palau 114859.