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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions

Published 1814
Author Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von
Contributor Bonpland, Aimé
Translator Williams, Helen Maria
Title Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, during the Years 1799-1804. By Alexander de Humboldt, and Aimé Bonpland; with Maps, Plans, &c. Written in French by Alexander de Humboldt, and Translated into English by Helen Maria Williams.
Publisher’s imprint [Vol. 1-3] London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row; J. Murray, Albemarle Street; and H. Colburn, Conduit Street. 1814[-1818]. [Vol. 4-5.2] London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row. 1819[-1821]. [Vol. 6-7] London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row. 1826[-1829].
Printer’s colophon W. Pople, Printer, 67, Chancery Lane.
Format 8o; 7 vols in 9: pp. xii. [1].li. 289. [2](I), ?(II), [2]. 575(III), [2]. 573(IV), [1]. 502(V, pt 1), 502-865. [3](V, pt 2), v. [1]. 390(VI, pt 1), iv. 391-845(VI, pt 2), [1]. 482(VII); plates; maps
Sources Cox 2:288; NSTC; TEE 7
Copy inspected HT UMich
Notes

  1. Editions: 1814(vol. 1), 1814(vol. 2), 1818(vol. 3), 1819(vol. 4), 1821(vol. 5), 1826(vol. 6), 1829(vol. 7); 1818([2nd ed.], vol. 1-2), 1822(2nd ed., vol. 3), 1825(2nd ed., vol. 4), 1827(2nd ed., vol. 5); 1822(3rd ed., vols 1-2)

  2. Reviews: Monthly Mag. 39.264 (30 Jan. 1815): 587-608; Edinburgh Rev. 25.49 (June 1815): 86-111; Augustan Rev. 1.5 (Sept. 1815): 458-67 [vols 1-2]; Monthly Rev. 79 (Jan. 1816): 1-16; [vol. 1]; Quarterly Rev. 14.28 (Jan. 1816): 368-402 [vols 1-2]; Literary Gaz. 2.54 (31 Jan. 1818): 66-68 [vol. 3]; Monthly Mag. 44.307 (Jan. 1818): 590-600 [vol. 3]; Gentleman's Mag. (Apr. 1818): 336-37; Literary Gaz. 3.113 (20 Mar. 1819): 178-80 [vol. 4]; Quarterly Rev. 21.42 (Apr. 1819): 320-52 [vol. 4]; British Critic 12 (Oct. 1819): 337-61 [vols 1-4]; Edinburgh Monthly Rev. 4.3 (Sept. 1820): 262-79 [vol. 4]; New Annual Register (Jan. 1821): 54-62; Literary Gaz., no. 229 (9 June 1821): 353-55; British Critic 16 (July 1821): 1-21 [vol. 5.2]; Quarterly Rev. 25.50 (July 1821): 365-92 [vol. 5]; Literary Chron. 3.114 (21 July 1821): 450-52, cont. 3.125 (6 Oct. 1821): 627-30; Literary Gaz., no. 479 (25 Mar. 1826): 180-83 [vol. 6]; Eclectic Rev. 26 (Oct. 1826): 289-309, cont. 26 (Dec. 1826): 522-40 [vol. 6]; Eclectic Rev. 4, n.s. (July 1830): 22-37 [vol. 7].

  3. Full text links: HaithiTrust vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4, vol. 5.1, vol. 5.2, vol. 6.1, vol. 6.2, vol. 7
Genre Narrative
BTW record no. BTW1232
Regions Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela

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