Utrecht: Hes Publishers, 1987. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiv, 568 pages. Text in French with some English. Studies relating to the history of cartography and scientific instruments. Thirty-four articles and congress reports by Marcel Destombes are brought together in this volume. With a biography of the author, bibliography and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Dust wrapper shows minor wear to the extremities and some rubbing to the boards. Several handwritten notations in the margins.
Madrid: Publicación De La Sección De Relaciones Culturales Del Ministerio De Asuntos Exteriores, 1942. folio. paper-covered boards, cloth hinges, two paper cover labels with text loosely inserted as issued. (viii), xxxvi, 100, (xiii), xii, (iv), pages, 127 plates. Limited to 500 copies. Text in Spanish. Collection of maps and charts exploring the history of the mapping of the southern areas of South America from the 16th to the 19th centuries. With a prologue, introduction, vocabulary.....
