Minéraux du Pérou. Catalogue raisonné d'une collection des principaux types minéraux de la République, comprenant aussi des échantillons du guano et des débris fossilisés des oiseaux qui l'ont produit. Traduit de l'espagnol par J.-B. H. Martinet[Minerals of Peru. A descriptive catalogue of a collection of the principal mineral types of the Republic, also including specimens of guano and fossilized remains of the birds that produced it. Translated from the Spanish by J.-B. H. Martinet]
First edition of the French translation (see Palau 246 379–80).
Spine restored, small losses at the corners of the boards.
An Italian-born naturalist and explorer, Antonio Raimondi (1826–1890) landed in Peru in 1850 and thereafter devoted himself to the study of his adopted country: through numerous expeditions, he gathered extensive data on the carbon strata of the Peruvian coastline, analysed and quantified the guano of the Chincha Islands and the potassium nitrate of Tarapacá, travelled through the gold-bearing provinces of Carabaya and Sandia, navigated the Río Marañón, the Ucayali and the Amazon — the principal eastern rivers — and drew plans of the cities of Cajamarca, Chachapoyas and Huancavelica, as well as of major archaeological sites such as Huanuco Pampa and the fortress of Paramonga.
Rare, though in worn condition.