Journal of a Residence and Travels in Colombia, During the Years 1823 and 1824

London: Henry Colburn, 1825 Book. Illus. by Hall, Sidney. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. 2 volumes. Octavo. xv, [1], 524 + viii, 517pp. 2 hand-colored engraved frontispieces, large folding map. Full nineteenth-century polished calf, gilt-decorated spines, gilt-lettered leather labels. Top inch of rear hinge cracked on volume II. Lacking half-title in volume I. Light offsetting to titles from frontispieces and light offsetting to folding map, else a fine and clean set throughout with virtually no foxing. Captain Cochrane of the Royal Navy arrived in Colombia in 1823 in an attempt to help the natives reduce the number of casualties among divers in the pearl fishery industry. His journal provides an extensive and thorough study of the cities, citizens, customs, natural history, resources, etc. of the country. The work is highlighted by the two handsome plates which include a hand-colored engraving of "The Author in the Travelling Costume of the Country" and a hand-colored aquatint of a "Precipitous Descent of a Cordillera of the Andes in the Province of Choco." The large folding map of Colombia is extremely detailed and was engraved by Sidney Hall specifically for this work..