Alexander von HUMBOLDT

Alexander von HUMBOLDT

Born14 septembre 1769
Died6 mai 1859
LanguagesGerman, French
NationalityGermany
Naturaliste. - Géographe
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  • HUMBOLDT Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von
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HUMBOLDT, Alexander von
  1. Seminal and foundational work of physical geography
    Cosmos, essais d'une description physique du monde
    Alexander von HUMBOLDT

    Cosmos, essais d'une description physique du monde[Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe]

    Gide et Baudry éditeurs|Paris 1855-1859|14 x 22 cm|5 volumes brochés

    First edition of the French translation (cf. Sabin, 33726 (original edition). Humboldt Library, 4696.)

    Complete text, without the Atlas, which was published many years later (1867) and is frequently lacking.

    Tears and small marginal losses to some leaves, spine of the second volume split, slight splitting at head and tail of the other volumes, foot of the spine of the first volume restored, some minor foxing.

    First complete French edition, translated by H. Faye, of this seminal work by one of the greatest scholars and explorers of the nineteenth century; a masterful synthesis through which Alexander von Humboldt founded physical geography (P. Rousseau, Hist. de la...

    €2,500
  3. Correspondance scientifique et littéraire recueillie, publiée et précédée d'une notice et d'une introduction par M. de la Roquette
    Alexander von HUMBOLDT

    Correspondance scientifique et littéraire recueillie, publiée et précédée d'une notice et d'une introduction par M. de la Roquette

    Ducrocq|Paris 1865|14 x 22 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Publisher's bottle-green cloth binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with blind compartments, head slightly rubbed, blind fillet and interlace frames on boards, Napoleon III's coat of arms gilt at center of front board, gilt medallion depicting a crowned eagle and palms framing the inscriptions Académie de Paris and Prix du concours général at center of rear board, moiré paper doublures and endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
    Work decorated with two engraved portraits of A. de Humboldt and a facsimile of one of his letters at head, figures throughout the text.
    At the end of the volume, we find a biography of Humboldt's correspondents...
    €500
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