Waterton,C.
Wanderings in South America, the North-West of United States, and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 and 1824. London, Mawman 1825. 4°. Mit gest. Front. u. 2 Textholzst. VII, 326 S. Hldr. mit Rtit. u. Rverg. (Etw. berieb., mit kl. Delle in hint. Deckel).
Borba de Moraes 936. Sammlung Bosch 366. Sabin 102094. - Erste Ausgabe. - Klassisches Werk der naturwissenschaftlichen Reiseliteratur. "The value of Waterton's work rests in the fact that he was the first to describe with observations "d'après nature" the birds and animals of the Tropics, known in greater part only from the museum species" (Borba de Moraes). - "Includes a detailed description of the paralysing effects of curare" (Garrison-M. 2074).
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