South America Azara, Felix de Voyages dans l'Amérique Méridionale, par don Félix de Azara, (...) depuis 1781 jusq'en 1801 (...) contenant la description géographique, politique et civile de Paraguay et de la rivière de La Plata (...) 4 text vols. and 1 plate vol. With a total of 25 engraved (5 folded and 1 double-page) maps, plans and plates. One engraved frontispiece in the plate volume. Paris, Dentu, 1809. LX, 389 p., 1 leaf. 3 pp., 562 pp., 1 leaf. 3 vols., 479 p., 1 vol. 3 vols., 380 p., 1 vol. 4 vols. in 8° and plates 4°. Hldr with gilt embossed title and gilt and blind embossed ornaments. Marbled boards (heavily rubbed and bumped, joints partly broken or cracked, damaged capitals, missing parts of boards, rear cover of vol. 3 loose). Rare first edition. - Nissen ZBI, 175 - Sabin, 2541 - Félix de Azara (1746-1821) is considered "the first scholarly explorer of the La Plata countries, who offered an account based on sources from which all later historians of the La Plata countries have drawn" (Henze I, 123 f). The works are the result of his twenty-year stay in South America. - The plate volume contains, among other things, a beautiful double-page view of Buenos Aires, 1 large map of South America and 4 large detailed maps of Paraguay, Uruguay (the bay of Montevideo with a bird's-eye view of the city) and the then province of Buenos Aires. There are also 11 copper engravings with mammals and birds. - Partly with ink annotations and folded page corners. Foxing. Margins browned. Some plates in the plate volume with tears and marginal tears. Engravings in fine lines and richly detailed maps, some border-coloured. Overall well-preserved copies. South America. - 4 text vols. and 1 plate vol. With a total of 25 engraved (5 folded and 1 double-page) maps, plans and plates. One engraved frontispiece in the plate volume. Half leather with gilt stamped title and gilt and blind stamped ornaments. Marble edges on the reverse. (Heavily rubbed and bumped. Joints partly broken or cracked. Capitals damaged, losses to boards. Rear cover of vol. 3 loose). - Rare first edition. - Félix de Azara (1746-1821) is considered "the first scholarly explorer of the La Plata countries, who offered an account based on sources from which all later historians of the La Plata countries have drawn" (Henze I, 123 f). The works are the result of his twenty-year stay in South America. - The plate volume contains, among other things, a beautiful double-page view of Buenos Aires, 1 large map of South America and 4 large detailed maps of Paraguay, Uruguay (the bay of Montevideo with a bird's-eye view of the city) and the then province of Buenos Aires. There are also 11 copper engravings with mammals and birds. - Some with ink annotations and folded page corners. Foxing. Margins browned. Plates in the plate volume partly with tears and marginal tears. Engravings in fine lines and richly detailed maps, some border-coloured. Overall well-preserved copies. This lot is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 24.95% buyer's premium and 7% (books, art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, silkscreens, offset prints, photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offsetprints and Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union.