Meyer (Hans). In den Hoch-Anden von Ecuador: Chimborazo, Cotopaxi etc. Reisen und Studien. Berlin, Dietrich Reimer [Ernst Vohsen], 1907 (text) and Paris, Augustin Challamel, 1908 (atlas) 1 volume in-8° and one atlas in-folio oblong. Bound in publisher's red half cloth, gilt title to spine (text volume) and leaves in publisher's red cloth portfolio, double gilt fillets and gilt title to first board. First edition of the text volume and first French edition of the atlas (the text volume has not been translated into French). The text volume is illustrated with 37 hors-texte plates and 3 fold-out maps in colour; the atlas comprises 24 pages of text (captions to the plates) and 43 plates: 22 chromolithograph plates, one of which is fold-out, consisting of 19 splendid views of mountain landscapes (one of which is fold-out) and 3 botanical plates, and 21 plates of photographs with 2 views per plate. Traces of smudging on the verso of some plates. A magnificent descriptive work of the Ecuadorian Andes, sumptuously illustrated. A fine copy, complete. Perret, 2989 - Neate M 93 (English edition) - ACL p. 212