Charles Joseph SAINTE-CLAIRE DEVILLE
Etudes géologiques sur les îles de Ténériffe et de Fogo. Suivi d'une statistique abrégée des îles du Cap-Vert et d'une notice bibliographique
Gide et Cie|Paris 1848|23.5 x 30.8 cm|Relié
Very rare edition comprising the independent pre-publication of the first part of the major geological expedition to the Antilles and the islands of Tenerife and Fogo, a seven-volume quarto work also covering Guadeloupe, Martinique, and others.
Illustrated with 9 lithographed plates, including a folding map of the Cape Verde Islands and 6 tinted views.
Not recorded by Sabin in his entry on the Voyage.
Bound after, by the same author: Recherches sur les principaux phénomènes de météorologie et de physique générale aux Antilles, printed in Paris by Gide and J. Baudry in 1849.
Bradel binding in full black textured cloth, smooth spine decorated with blind fill
€1,800