62 - HUMBOLDT, BONPLAND, Aimé.

HUMBOLDT, BONPLAND, Aimé. A Collection of Observations on Zoology and Comparative Anatomy; Made in the Atlantic Ocean... in the years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, and 1803. Paris: Levrault, Schoell & Co., Year XIII—1805. Small folio, (5)-VI-412 pp., 14 plates. Contemporary green Bradel cardboard binding, title label on fawn paper, gilt title, text on azure paper, uncut head (spine worn and split at the top with a few small tears, upper inner joint loose at the top, corners and caps rubbed, a few light foxing spots or marginal stains on the plates, first 3 ff. slightly soiled at the margins). A major work co-authored by the famous German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and the French botanist Aimé Bonpland. Part 2 (Zoology) of their monumental publication *Journey to the Equatorial Regions of the New Continent* (from the mouth of the Orinoco to Quito and from Cuba to the Amazon). Work dedicated to Cuvier. Printed in Strasbourg. The text is in full form, uncut, and printed entirely on azure laid paper. The XIV plates are printed on white vellum with serpentine patterns. The anatomical plates of reptiles, birds, insects, and amphibians are printed in black etching based on drawings by Humboldt or Laurillard (engraved by Bouquet). The animal illustrations based on Humboldt’s drawings are printed in color or partially in color. Large, full-page color print of an eagle. The date 1801 is engraved on several plates. A beautiful, large print of an eagle (engraved by Bouquet and Langlois), a monkey, and three large plates of large fish, all based on drawings by Humboldt. A fine copy. *Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New World* compiles the zoological observations and discoveries (mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, and mollusks) made by the two scientists during their major scientific expedition to South America and the Caribbean between 1799 and 1803. Brazilian Bibliography, 139. Brunet, III, 373? Galitzin, 1111?