- VOLUME 1 ONLY [OF 2] - PUBLISHER'S AD AT REAR FOR 1ST EDITION OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE'S VILLETTE 'JUST READY' -

MacCANN (William).

Two thousand miles' ride through the Argentine Provinces : being an account of the natural products of the country, and the habits of the people; with a historical retrospect of the Rio de la Plata, Monte Video, and Corrientes. 

(London): Smith, Elder & Co., 1853. First edition. xiv, [2], 295, [1] 12 pp. Vol. 1 only [of 2]. Cloth binding. Ex-libris 'fsdfsdfsd'. Size: 8vo (20cm x 12.5cm).

Good only condition. Some old watermarking to covers. Sunning to spine. Minor fraying to cloth at head of spine. Light edge and corner wear. Front inner hinge starting. Foxing and light damp residue to edges of blank endpapers. Minor foxing to title page and frontispiece. A few leaves uncut as issued. Small closed tear to outer edge of a preface leaf. Light age-toning to leaves. One tinted plate with minor foxing to edge, and both the tissues with foxing.  Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.

This is Volume 1 only of the two-volume first edition of MacCann's Soutb American travelogue.

A curiosity of this exciting South American travelogue is the publisher's catalogue at the rear, which contains an ad for the first release of Charlotte Bronte's Villette. MacCann's book itself is well-illustrated, with a fold-out map, a hand-coloured frontispiece and two tinted lithographs.