Kaaterskill Books

Gay, Claudio.

Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Según documentos adquiridos en esta república durante doce anos de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno. Botanica. [Volumes I -IV of Eight Volumes].

Paris: En Casa del Autor, 1845-1849. 8vo. Full calf, ruled in gilt, all edges gilt, five raised bands, marble end-papers. First edition. Ex-Library of Congress copies with institutional stamps and bookplate; first volume with detached front board, lacking the rear board and spine, faint dampstain on top part of leaves; second volume lacking the boards and half the spine; volumes 3 and 4 very good with scuffing on spines and boards. Palau 100869. Item #41201

The first four volumes of the eight volume Botanical section of Gay's monumental thirty volume work.

Price: $300.00