[IMPRESSION DE BOGOTA] Los Chibchas antes de la conquista españ la. Atlas arqueologico

A very rare first edition of this atlas issued separately, comprising a folding map and 46 plates mounted on guards, illustrating a total of 135 figures.

Contemporary Bradel-style half black percaline over marbled paper-covered boards, smooth spine worn at the foot, title label partially rubbed away, boards with scuffs and paper losses, bumped corners, a few chips to the edges.

According to the CCFr, the atlas is held only by the Muséum, while the accompanying text is recorded solely in the collections of the Quai Branly.

An exceptionally rare separately issued atlas to this monograph on the Chibcha, Chibchas, or Muisca people, the pre-Columbian civilization of present-day Colombia that inhabited the region surrounding what is now Bogotá.