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SOUTH AMERICA]. MARTIUS, KARL FRIEDRICH PHILIPP VON. Auswahl merkwürdiger Pflanzen des K. botanischen Gartens zu München. Frankfurt, [1829-31]. 3 parts in one vol., 4to, 284 x 220 mm., contemporary boards. 16 engraved plates. Contains Brazilian specimens. Nissen BBI 1284; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 5529 -- DESCOURTILZ, MICHEL ETIENNE. Voyages d'un Naturaliste... dans plusieurs Ports de Mer Francais, en Espagane, au Continent de l'Amerique septentrionale, a Saint-Yago de Cuba, et a St.-Domingue... Paris, 1809. 3 vols., 8vo, quarter calf gilt, backstrip of vol. I becoming loose. FIRST EDITION, signed by Descourtilz, engraved plates. Pritzel 2170; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1390. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MOLINA, GIOVANNI IGNAZIO. Saggio sulla Storia Naturale del Chili... Bologna, 1782. 8vo, contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION, engraved folding maps. Pritzel 6362; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 6206. Count Ludolf, bookplate; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MOLINA. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte von Chili... Leipzig, 1786. 8vo, half calf; some browning. First German Edition, engraved folding map. Pritzel 6362. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 6206. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MOLINA. Compendio de la Historia Geografica, Natural y Civil del Reyno de Chile... Madrid, 1788-95. 2 vols., 8vo, contemporary calf, spines gilt. First Spanish Edition, engraved portrait and 4 engraved folding maps. Pritzel 6362; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 6206. KKM/HSNY, bookplate-- HUMBOLDT, FRIEDRICH WILHELM HEINRICH ALEXANDER VON. Cosmos. Essai d'une Description Physique du Monde. Paris, 1855-59. 5 vols., 8vo, half morocco. (14)