512 - DOMENECH, Emmanuel *Picturesque Journey Through the Great Deserts of the New World*. Paris: A. Pigoreau, n.d. 8vo; frontispiece and 39 plates (text undated, occasional spotting). Contemporary red cloth, gilt title on front cover, flat spine (some rubbing). First edition illustrated with 40 plates, some on tinted backgrounds. Domenech (1826–1886) was a French missionary and wrote numerous works on the Americas (especially Mexico). Ref. Sabin 20555. Formerly owned by Charles Desdoitils (prize awarded by the Institution Coty in 1875).

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