AMERICANA - MOLLIEN (Gaspard) Paris, Arthus Bertrand,... Lot 13

[AMERICANA] - MOLLIEN (Gaspard) Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1824. Voyage to the Republic of Colombia in 1823. 2 vol. in-8 (20 x 12 cm), tan basane, gilt fillet, ornate smooth spine, marbled edges (period binding). First edition of one of the first works devoted to Colombia after its independence in 1819. It is illustrated with a folding map and 8 copper-engraved plates in full color. Slight rubbing. Volume II, false-title and title margins damaged. Provenance Brissac (stamp on faux-titre). ATTACHED EYZAGUIRRE (Abbé). Ecclesiastical, political and literary history of Chile. Paris, Ambroise Bray; Lille, L. Lefort, 1855. 3 vol. in-8 (22,5 x 14 cm), untrimmed paperback. Original French edition, translated by L. Poillon, from the original published in Valparaison, 1850. Minor foxing. Volume I, stain on first cover. Bibliography 1. Sabin, no. 49917. Abbey, 717 (describes only the English translation printed the same year). 2. Sabin, no. 23573.