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Book/Printed Material Researches concerning the institutions & monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America : with descriptions & views of some of the most striking scenes in the Cordilleras! Researches concerning the institutions and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America

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Title

  • Researches concerning the institutions & monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America : with descriptions & views of some of the most striking scenes in the Cordilleras!

Other Title

  • Researches concerning the institutions and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America

Names

  • Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
  • Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, J. Murray & H. Colburn, 1814.

Headings

  • -  Indians of Mexico--Antiquities
  • -  Indians of South America--Andes--Antiquities
  • -  Mexico--Antiquities
  • -  Peru--Antiquities
  • -  Mexico--Description and travel
  • -  Peru--Description and travel
  • -  Andes--Antiquities

Notes

  • -  Engraved title pages.
  • -  Indexes (v. 2, p. [257]-324) refer to the volumes as "volumes XIII and XIV"; signatures and plates also refer to vol. XIII and XIV, indicating that the "Researches" bore those volume numbers in a series of translations of Humboldt's works issued by Longmans.
  • -  Sabin 33751
  • -  Translation of "Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènes de L'Amérique," which forms "1. ptie. 2. section" of "Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland."
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1986.032.00.0001.

Medium

  • 2 v. in 1 : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F1219 .H91
  • F1219 .H91 Copy 3 Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. With the bookplate of James Wickersham, and his autograph. Dealer's description mounted on p. [2] of cover.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 01020792

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Chicago citation style:

Humboldt, Alexander Von, Helen Maria Williams, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Researches concerning the institutions & monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America: with descriptions & views of some of the most striking scenes in the Cordilleras!. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, J. Murray & H. Colburn, 1814. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/01020792/.

APA citation style:

Humboldt, A. V., Williams, H. M. & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1814) Researches concerning the institutions & monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America: with descriptions & views of some of the most striking scenes in the Cordilleras!. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, J. Murray & H. Colburn. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/01020792/.

MLA citation style:

Humboldt, Alexander Von, Helen Maria Williams, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Researches concerning the institutions & monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America: with descriptions & views of some of the most striking scenes in the Cordilleras!. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, J. Murray & H. Colburn, 1814. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/01020792/>.