TSCHUDI, Johann Jakob von.

Travels in Peru, during the years 1838–1842, on the coast, in the Sierra, across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the primeval forests . . . Translated from the German by Thomasina Ross.

London, David Bogue, 1847. 8vo (225 x 145 mm), pp. [ii], xii, 506, with a frontispiece; vignette ontitle; preliminaries slightly spotted; original green cloth; spine faded and slightly torn at head. First London edition. A New York edition appeared the same year, the German original in 1846. ‘After quitting the capital of Peru, Dr Tschudi went over ground previously untrodden by any European traveller. He visited the western Sierra, the mighty chain of the Cordilleras, the boundless level heights, the deep mountain valleys on the eastern declivity of the Andes, and the vast primeval forests. Whilst recounting his wanderings in these distant regions, he describes not only the country and the people, but every object of novelty and interest in the animal, vegetable, and mineral creations . . . . It may fairly be said that no previous writer has given so comprehensive a picture of Peru; combining, with animated sketches of life and manners, a fund of valuable information on natural history and commerce’ (preface).Hill 1721; Naylor A20; Palau 341924.

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