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1841ref. PHO-2141Paris, Gide, 1841-1846, 10 tomes en 9 volumes in-8 (22,5x14cm), demi basane, dos lisse orné avec auteur, titre et tomaison, ex-libris manuscrit au faux titre du tome 1 et cachet répété « ex-libris de Cayrol », frottements aux reliures, quelques coiffes abimées, rousseurs, papier bruni, complet des 9 cartes dépliantes in fine.
1820ref. P1-22ATLASP1-4E-0AVEC L'ATLAS: LA HARPE (J.F). Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages, contenant ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable, de plus utile et de mieux avéré dans les pays où les voyageurs ont pénétré; les mœurs des habitants, la religion, les usages, arts et sciences, commerce et manufactures; par J.F. LAHARPE. Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée avec le grand soin, et accompagnée d'un bel Atlas In-folio. Paris, Etienne Ledoux, 1820. 24 volumes in-8° (205x135) reliés demi-maroquin olive, dos ornés, tranches marbrées, belle série. 500pp. par volume, le dernier (XXIV) étant la table des matières. TARDIEU A., Atlas pour servir à l'intelligence de l'histoire générale des voyages de LA HARPE. In-folio (455x295mm), couverture éditeur, coins écornés. Paris, Ledentu, 1825. 15 cartes géographique (595x460mm), contours couleurs dressés par AMBROISE TARDIEU. Mappemonde, Afrique, Asie (2), Indes, Océanie, Chine, Japon, Sibérie, Golfe du Mexique, Mexique, Amérique Méridionale, Pérou, Brésil, Amérique Septentrionale, Europe.
1966ref. 154151Eatado Mayor Del Ejercito, Publicationes Militares, 1966.
1860ref. 23742Halle a. S., Eduard Anton, 1860. IX, 192, 62 S., 27 (2 gefaltet) teils getönte u./oder kolor. lithogr. Taf., 1 gef. lithogr. Kte lithogr. Orig.-Pappbd., Fol.
1925ref. 227551925. Latin America SS Resolute voyage photograph album 1925 documenting a steamship journey through Central and South America during the interwar expansion of international maritime tourism following the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914. The photographs record port cities landscapes and civic landmarks encountered along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of Latin America during a period when luxury liners increasingly connected North American travelers with destinations across the hemisphere. By the 1920s transisthmian canal travel had reshaped global shipping and passenger routes allowing cruise itineraries to combine Caribbean Pacific and South American destinations within a single voyage. The album preserves visual evidence of these emerging travel circuits while also documenting major urban and cultural centers of the region during a period of modernization and expanding hemispheric exchange. Photo album compiled during the 1925 voyage of the steamship SS Resolute containing approximately 150 original silver gelatin photographs mounted to black album leaves and captioned in white ink. Contemporary red leatherette album titled "Photographs" in gilt and bound with red cord. Photographs measure approximately 3 x 4 inches to 4 x 6 inches. The photographs document the vessel's route through Panama and the Canal Zone before continuing along the Pacific coast of South America and returning through the Atlantic basin. Numerous photographs depict Panama City and the Panama Canal including views of the Culebra Cut and Gold Hill major engineering features of the canal project completed little more than a decade earlier. Other sections of the album record urban and harbor scenes in Cartagena Colombia including colonial architecture and waterfront activity. Photographs from Peru show Lima's Plaza de Armas the bullring at Miraflores and rural Andean valleys near Arequipa with terraced agricultural landscapes and local communities. Images from Chile capture the steep hills and harbor districts of Valparaíso along with coastal plazas and naval vessels near El Morro. Additional photographs from Argentina depict major civic spaces in Buenos Aires including Plaza San Martín and Plaza de Mayo documenting the monumental architecture and modernizing urban landscape of the city during the 1920s. The steamship SS Resolute operated as a passenger liner serving long distance routes during the interwar expansion of luxury cruising and international tourism. Voyages such as the one recorded in this album reflected the growing accessibility of transcontinental travel made possible by the Panama Canal and by the increasingly global network of commercial steamship lines linking the Americas. Mild toning consistent with age; mounts and binding well preserved. Overall very good condition. The photographs collectively document a hemispheric itinerary connecting canal infrastructure colonial port cities Andean landscapes and rapidly modernizing capitals offering a visual record of the cultural and geographic environments encountered by travelers during the height of the steamship era. unknown
1925ref. 227551925. Latin America SS Resolute voyage photograph album 1925 documenting a steamship journey through Central and South America during the interwar expansion of international maritime tourism following the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914. The photographs record port cities landscapes and civic landmarks encountered along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of Latin America during a period when luxury liners increasingly connected North American travelers with destinations across the hemisphere. By the 1920s transisthmian canal travel had reshaped global shipping and passenger routes allowing cruise itineraries to combine Caribbean Pacific and South American destinations within a single voyage. The album preserves visual evidence of these emerging travel circuits while also documenting major urban and cultural centers of the region during a period of modernization and expanding hemispheric exchange. Photo album compiled during the 1925 voyage of the steamship SS Resolute containing approximately 150 original silver gelatin photographs mounted to black album leaves and captioned in white ink. Contemporary red leatherette album titled "Photographs" in gilt and bound with red cord. Photographs measure approximately 3 x 4 inches to 4 x 6 inches. The photographs document the vessel's route through Panama and the Canal Zone before continuing along the Pacific coast of South America and returning through the Atlantic basin. Numerous photographs depict Panama City and the Panama Canal including views of the Culebra Cut and Gold Hill major engineering features of the canal project completed little more than a decade earlier. Other sections of the album record urban and harbor scenes in Cartagena Colombia including colonial architecture and waterfront activity. Photographs from Peru show Lima's Plaza de Armas the bullring at Miraflores and rural Andean valleys near Arequipa with terraced agricultural landscapes and local communities. Images from Chile capture the steep hills and harbor districts of Valparaíso along with coastal plazas and naval vessels near El Morro. Additional photographs from Argentina depict major civic spaces in Buenos Aires including Plaza San Martín and Plaza de Mayo documenting the monumental architecture and modernizing urban landscape of the city during the 1920s. The steamship SS Resolute operated as a passenger liner serving long distance routes during the interwar expansion of luxury cruising and international tourism. Voyages such as the one recorded in this album reflected the growing accessibility of transcontinental travel made possible by the Panama Canal and by the increasingly global network of commercial steamship lines linking the Americas. Mild toning consistent with age; mounts and binding well preserved. Overall very good condition. The photographs collectively document a hemispheric itinerary connecting canal infrastructure colonial port cities Andean landscapes and rapidly modernizing capitals offering a visual record of the cultural and geographic environments encountered by travelers during the height of the steamship era. unknown books
Second edition, much enlarged with "the addition of a new sett of cutts", 2 vols., 12mo (165 x 100 mm), [2], 336; 275, [21]pp., imprint date omitted in vol. I, 2 folding engraved frontispieces showing the costumes of the various countries, that to volume one with tear to fold and slightly cropped at lower margin, 10 engraved plates, woodcut head and tail pieces, a nice set in contemporary sprinkled calf, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt, volume number in gilt to third compartments. Volume two concerns the Americas, including Peru, Mexico, Chile, Jamaica, Cuba, Virginia, Carolina, New-England and others, in addition to England, Scotland and Ireland. Provenance: Contemporary ink ownership signature of E. Vaughan 1741 to endpapers and at head of title page. Sabin 25670.
ref. 41630Paris Arthus Bertrand, Libraire 1825 in 8 (20,5x13) 2 volumes reliures pleine basane havane racinée de l'époque, dos lisses très ornés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de cuir brique, III et 358 pages, avec une grande carte gravée dépliante (one engraved folding map), 313 pages et LXXVIII (appendice). Basil Hall, 1788-1844. Première édition française. Très bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
ref. 1442A Paris, chez Nyon, Didot, Quillau M. DCC. XXXII. (1732).Un volume in-4 relié de XIV-298 pp.-1f.et 63 pp., 37 gravures hors texte dont 23 cartes dépliantes. Reliure plein veau raciné d'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre rouge, tranches rouges, reliure à lanières. Reliure en bon état, restaurée apparemment (reliure vernie et lanières qui ne sont pas d'époque). Intérieur en bel état car les feuilles ont été lavées.
ref. 1442A Paris, chez Nyon, Didot, Quillau M. DCC. XXXII. (1732).Un volume in-4 relié de XIV-298 pp.-1f.et 63 pp., 37 gravures hors texte dont 23 cartes dépliantes. Reliure plein veau raciné d'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre rouge, tranches rouges, reliure à lanières. Reliure en bon état, restaurée apparemment (reliure vernie et lanières qui ne sont pas d'époque). Intérieur en bel état car les feuilles ont été lavées.
ref. 367757Paris France: Maeght Editeur 2000. First edition limited to 100 numbered copies '21/100' signed by Venus Khoury-Ghata and Matta total printing of 120 copies. A fine copy in publisher's slipcase box also fine. First edition limited to 100 numbered copies '21/100' signed by Venus Khoury-Ghata and Matta total printing of 120 copies. OCLC lists two holdings none in the United States Paris- Bibliotheque Kandinsky and Bibliotheque nationale de France. Nicely illustrated with an original color lithograph measuring twelve inches by four inches by Roberto Matta. Sebastian Antonia Matta Echaurrenm 1912-2002 abstract expressionist and surrealist artist was born in Santiago Chile. Vénus Khoury-Ghata French-Lebanese poet and novelist was born in 1937 in Bsharri Lebanon. She has lived in Paris since 1972 and has published several novels and collections of poems. and has won the following awards:1980- Prize Apollinaire for "Les ombres et leurs cris"; 1987- Prize Mallarmé for "Un Faux pas du soleil"; 1992- Grand Prix de la Société des gens de lettres for Fables pour un people d'argile; Prize Jules Supervielle for "Anthologie personnelle"; Prize Baie des anges for "Le moine l'ottoman et la femme du grand argentier"; 2011- Prize of Goncourt for Poetry for all her works; 2012- Poetry Prize Pierrette Micheloud for "Où vont les arbres." per Wikipedia. Maeght Editeur unknown
ref. 367757Paris France: Maeght Editeur 2000. First edition limited to 100 numbered copies '21/100' signed by Venus Khoury-Ghata and Matta total printing of 120 copies. A fine copy in publisher's slipcase box also fine. First edition limited to 100 numbered copies '21/100' signed by Venus Khoury-Ghata and Matta total printing of 120 copies. OCLC lists two holdings none in the United States Paris- Bibliotheque Kandinsky and Bibliotheque nationale de France. Nicely illustrated with an original color lithograph measuring twelve inches by four inches by Roberto Matta. Sebastian Antonia Matta Echaurrenm 1912-2002 abstract expressionist and surrealist artist was born in Santiago Chile. Vénus Khoury-Ghata French-Lebanese poet and novelist was born in 1937 in Bsharri Lebanon. She has lived in Paris since 1972 and has published several novels and collections of poems. and has won the following awards:1980- Prize Apollinaire for "Les ombres et leurs cris"; 1987- Prize Mallarmé for "Un Faux pas du soleil"; 1992- Grand Prix de la Société des gens de lettres for Fables pour un people d'argile; Prize Jules Supervielle for "Anthologie personnelle"; Prize Baie des anges for "Le moine l'ottoman et la femme du grand argentier"; 2011- Prize of Goncourt for Poetry for all her works; 2012- Poetry Prize Pierrette Micheloud for "Où vont les arbres." per Wikipedia. Maeght Editeur unknown books
ref. PF138 loose gelatin silver photographs from ca. 17.5 x 12 cm 6 ¾ x 4 ¾ in to 10.5 x 8 cm 4 x 3 in. 21 images captioned in pencil on recto; 11 images captioned in ink on recto; four images captioned in ink on recto. a few photos mildly faded or with mild creasing on edges but overall a very good collection of interesting photos. An interesting collection of photographs showing mining activities in the South American Andes in the early 20th century. 6 photographs show the mines of Santo Domingo in Peru. Santo Domingo was a gold mine located in southeastern Peru and in operation sometime between 1890 and 1920. The photographs show the offices miner dormitories and general views of the site. 9 photographs show the mines of Concordia possibly the Concordia Tin Mine in western Bolivia. The Concordia Tin Mine is most well known for being where notorious American outlaws Butch Cassidy 1866-1908 and the Sundance Kid 1867-1908 allegedly worked after fleeing the United States in the early 1900s. The photographs include views of the site the route the compiler took up to the mine including a “station” being constructed and “Carnival Day” festivities showing dancers at the mine and a photograph of the compiler and his colleagues. Also included are 10 photographs from a river tour on the “West” and “Mayo” rivers the compiler went on showing him and his party led by indigenous South Americans in canoes on the river; at a campsite; and in a constructed house with two views from the compiler’s “balcony.” Other photographs in the collection include views of La Paz Bolivia National Day/La Paz Day parade; Santiago Chile Santa Lucía Hill and the public gardens on top; Arequipa Peru outdoor church service before a crucifix; Cusco Peru; and Incan palace ruins in Peru. Overall an interesting collection showing South America during the early 20th century. unknown
1863ref. GF357751863 Paris - Librairie de Thévelin - 1863 - 1 volume in8 broché de 174 pages - étiquette collée en queue - couverture un peu poussièreuse -
1890ref. c2311100201xbvkParis, imprimé par autorisation de M. le Garde de Sceaux, à L'Imprimérie National, M DCCC XC.(1890); Lithograph printed by L. Léchaudel. 26 singleside printed large-paper cardboard-sheets, incl. 1 coloured plate; large-4to.(ca. 32 x 25 cm, few plates slightly smaller ca. 31 x 24 cm).
1832ref. PHO-1689Paris, J. Tastu, 1832, In-folio, demi-chagrin noir, dos orné de filets dorés à froid Atlas de botanique seul comprenant 76/80 pl. sur chine collé, liste des planches in fine, peu de défauts.
1841ref. PHO-1967Paris, Gide, 1841-1848, in-8, cartonnage éditeur, frottements, qlqs petits manques de matière, coins usés, qlqs coiffes usées, qlqs taches aux plats, T4 avec manque au dos et en haut du 1er plat 16 volumes de texte (sur 21) comprenant : Histoire du voyage, 1841-1846. 10 volumes en premier tirage, (1er tome, 1ère partie correspondant au 1er tome, 1er tome seconde partie correspondant au 2nd tome et 2nd tome, 1ère partie correspondant au tome 3), T2 mouillure en marge sur les derniers feuillets, T4 mouillure, T2 rousseurs, papier légèrement bruni aux tomes 3,4,5,6,7,8 et début tome 9. Zoologie, 1846, 2 volumes (sur 4, tome 1 et2) Botanique, 1845, 1 volume (sur 2), tome 1, plantes cellulaires, papier légèrement bruni Physique, 1842. 1 seul volume (en raison de la mort de Vincendon-Dumoulin) bien que d’autres annoncés, papier légèrement bruni Géologie, Minéralogie et Géographie physique du Voyage. 1848- 1 volume (sur 2, le second paru en 1854), 1 planche in-fine, papier légèrement bruni Hydrographie. 1843. 1 volume (sur 2), 1 planche in-fine, papier légèrement bruni.
ref. 13980277Roma: Presso Giuseppe Mauri, 1827 4 tomes in-8 reliés en 2 volumes, xii-239, 262, 256, 247 pages, grande carte se dépliant en couleurs in fine (qq petites taches d'encre sans gravité). Par suite d'une erreur de reliure, le tome IV a été transposé et placé en tête du volume avant le tome III. Demi reliure veau marbré brun d'époque, dos lisses, pièces de titres et de tomaison basane verte et rouge, roulettes dorées, tranches mouchetées, bel exemplaire. Très rare voyage au Amérique latine.
2014ref. 113210Distanz. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - Text in English German and Spanish. -- with a bonus offer--; German Spanish and English Edition . 2014. 3954760657 . Distanz paperback
1824ref. 57794Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Nacional 1824. Chile's "Moralistic Constitution" Chile's short-lived but significant constitution of 1823 nicknamed the "Moralistic Constitution." Chile's first officially independent constitution was adopted in 1818 and granted revolutionary leader Bernardo O'Higgins considerable power which he consolidated further in a widely despised revision in 1822. O'Higgins was peacefully deposed by a new more conservative group under the leadership of Ramón Freire in early 1823 and a special congress was convened to create a new constitution presided over by Juan Egaña. Egaña was chiefly responsible for drafting and proposing the present document which was approved the next day and promulgated the day after. The eighty-one page 277-article document begins with an outwardly liberal appearance: after stating that "Chile is a nation independent of the Spanish monarchy and of any other power" it declares that its "constitutional protections and laws protect every individual who lives in Chile" and provides citizenship to any person who has lived and worked in the country for one year all quotations our own translation. It further states that "every Chilean is equal before the law" and takes a firm stand against slavery. Article eight reads in full that "In Chile there are no slaves: any who stands on its territory for one natural day will be free. Any who carry on the business of slavery may not live here more than one month and may never be naturalized." On the other hand article ten declares that "The state religion is the Apostolic Roman Catholic Church: to the exclusion of worship and practice of any other." Practicing Catholicism is made a requirement for suffrage and the broadly granted citizenship is just as easy to lose including for "habitual drunkenness or prohibited gaming." Additionally the press is considered "free protected and rewarded so long as it contributes to morality and good habits" and is expressly forbidden from "meddling in the mysteries dogmas and religious discipline and morals generally approved by the Catholic Church." Despite its eager acceptance and immediate promulgation Egaña's document proved unwieldy and unpopular; it was suspended the following July and abrogated in November. A more liberal constitution would finally replace it in 1828 although this sparked a civil war in which the conservative faction came out ahead once again. The new constitution of 1833 was spearheaded by Egaña's son Mariano de Egaña and remained in force until 1925. A rare document; Rare Book Hub records only this copy at auction since 1981. 81pp. Small quarto. Later calf spine gilt with raised bands gilt leather labels. Binding slightly rubbed Text lightly tanned small stab holes in gutter from original stitching gutter periodically reinforced with paper. Very good. PALAU 59709. BRISEÑO I 74. hardcover
1824ref. 57794Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Nacional 1824. Chile's "Moralistic Constitution" Chile's short-lived but significant constitution of 1823 nicknamed the "Moralistic Constitution." Chile's first officially independent constitution was adopted in 1818 and granted revolutionary leader Bernardo O'Higgins considerable power which he consolidated further in a widely despised revision in 1822. O'Higgins was peacefully deposed by a new more conservative group under the leadership of Ramón Freire in early 1823 and a special congress was convened to create a new constitution presided over by Juan Egaña. Egaña was chiefly responsible for drafting and proposing the present document which was approved the next day and promulgated the day after. The eighty-one page 277-article document begins with an outwardly liberal appearance: after stating that "Chile is a nation independent of the Spanish monarchy and of any other power" it declares that its "constitutional protections and laws protect every individual who lives in Chile" and provides citizenship to any person who has lived and worked in the country for one year all quotations our own translation. It further states that "every Chilean is equal before the law" and takes a firm stand against slavery. Article eight reads in full that "In Chile there are no slaves: any who stands on its territory for one natural day will be free. Any who carry on the business of slavery may not live here more than one month and may never be naturalized." On the other hand article ten declares that "The state religion is the Apostolic Roman Catholic Church: to the exclusion of worship and practice of any other." Practicing Catholicism is made a requirement for suffrage and the broadly granted citizenship is just as easy to lose including for "habitual drunkenness or prohibited gaming." Additionally the press is considered "free protected and rewarded so long as it contributes to morality and good habits" and is expressly forbidden from "meddling in the mysteries dogmas and religious discipline and morals generally approved by the Catholic Church." Despite its eager acceptance and immediate promulgation Egaña's document proved unwieldy and unpopular; it was suspended the following July and abrogated in November. A more liberal constitution would finally replace it in 1828 although this sparked a civil war in which the conservative faction came out ahead once again. The new constitution of 1833 was spearheaded by Egaña's son Mariano de Egaña and remained in force until 1925. A rare document; Rare Book Hub records only this copy at auction since 1981. 81pp. Small quarto. Later calf spine gilt with raised bands gilt leather labels. Binding slightly rubbed Text lightly tanned small stab holes in gutter from original stitching gutter periodically reinforced with paper. Very good. PALAU 59709. BRISEÑO I 74. hardcover books
1764ref. PHO-2524Lima, Oficina de la Calle de la Encarnación, Imprenta Real, 1764. Grand in-4° (280 × 206 mm), 4ff.-170pp.-13ff. ; 7ff.-168 pp., relié en demi-vélin à coins, pièce de titre et de tomaison. 1 cahier bruni.
1728ref. PHO-2076Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1728. 3 vol. in-12 (17x10,5cm), 2ff.-314pp.-5ff. ; 227 pp. ; 192pp.-12ff., Reliure pastiche en demi-veau à coins, dos à 5 faux-nerfs fleuronné, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, pièce de tomaison en maroquin vert, année dorée en pied, filet doré sur les plats. Mouillure au plan de Pisco, quelques très rares mouillure en marge sans gravité. Bon exemplaire, bien complet des cartes, plans et planches gravés, le titre gravé et le premier feuillet (page 1 &2) mal placés. Cachet de la Bibliothèque Géographique Hachette et Cie ; de la bibliothèque de Paul Lebaudy, avec son ex-libris gravé.
178821,5x15. 418p. Trad. Domingo Joseph. Incluye un plano desplegable. Pérdida de texto en portadilla. Manchas de humedad en algunas páginas. Anotaciones y sello anterior poseedor. Enc. Pasta española algo rozada. Cantos pintados. Únicamente volumen de 1788.
ref. PC39Oblong Folio album ca. 26x35 cm or 10 x 13 ½ in. 111 black card stock leaves. With 110 mounted original gelatin silver photos mostly ca. 195x24 cm 7 ¾ x 9 ½ in the last photo is 19x21 cm 7 ½ x 8 ¼ in. Most photos are numbered in negative three views of Rio de Janeiro are also captioned in negative. About a hundred images are with paper labels with typewritten captions on the mounts. With nineteen smaller loose photos from ca. 8x14 cm 3 ¼ x 5 ½ in to ca. 6x85 cm 2 ¼ x 3 ¼ in housed in an envelope at the rear. Three images with period ink or pencil captions on verso one photo dated on verso “Easter Day – 1921 Rio Brazil”. Period black full sheep album fastened with metal bolts; gilt-lettered title on the front board. Paper label of the “Badger Line” of the “Heinn Company Milwaukee” on the inner side of the rear board. Binding rubbed on extremities front board with a crack at the stub ca. thirty photos with bigger or smaller creases or losses on the left margins or corners several photos detached and loosely inserted but overall a very good album of large interesting strong photos. Interesting extensive collection of large original gelatin silver photographs compiled by a female traveller and documenting the “second annual American Express cruise to and around South America” in January – April 1921 A 70 Days Cruise// The Gazette. Montreal January 31 1921 p. 18. Amex a freight and finance company which became famous through its payment cards opened its travel division in 1915. In the 1920s it offered tours and cruises to South America Hawaii California the Caribbean the Mediterranean China Japan and around the world as well as elaborate independent packages. The 1921 cruise to South America lasted seventy days and started on board the luxury steamship “Ebro” which departed New York and called at Havana went through Panama Canal and stopped at Lima Mollendo Arica and Valparaiso. From there the travellers went by train to Santiago and Buenos Aires and then sailed up the east coast on board the steamer “Aeolus” visiting Montevideo Santos Sao Paulo Rio de Janeiro and Bridgetown Barbados. Among the passengers were “a number of prominent Canadians” A 70 Days Cruise Ibid. including “Sir John Hendric former Governor of Ontario Canada and Lady Hendric” St. Louis Girl Who Starts on S. American Trip// St. Louis Globe-Democrat. January 28 1921 p. 5. The same article discussed several Louisans who went on the cruise – Miss Olguita Queeney Mr. & Mrs. C.W. Johnson and James W. Scudder. One of the captions identifies another traveller as "Mr. Charles Le Maire” who was a travel representative for the “Walford-Astoria” and several other hotels in Chicago under the management of the Boomer family. Fluent in Spanish Portuguese and French Le Maire was sent on a cruise “for the purpose of studying business travel and hotel conditions in the Latin American cities and to arrange with the various hotel owners and transportation companies for the handling of American and European visitors extending the service of arranging hotel and travel accommodations which the Boomer hotels inaugurated successfully in Europe” A “Commercial Traveler” for a Great Hotel System is Mr. Le Maire// National Hotel Reporter. Chicago January 31 1921 p. 1. The album belonged to a female traveller who went on a cruise one of the smaller loose photos of four ladies bears the caption “The Lindermans Mother & I at Tacna Chile”. It opens with five views of Havana showing Columbus Cathedral Catedral de San Cristobal Morro Castle and harbour Paceo El Prado Mercedes Church and a scene with Cuban farmers in a field. The images of Panama include interesting group portraits of the travellers posing at Gatun locks a view of the Panama Canal at the Culebra Cut and two photos of Panama City Metropolitan Cathedral ruins of the old Cathedral tower in Panama Viejo. A lively series of photos depicts the celebration of crossing the Equator and fancy-dress balls on board the S.S. “Ebro” “Father Neptune and his followers” spectators “Father Neptune holds court” “a tenderfoot about to be initiated” makeshift pool on the ship’s deck ball participants in fancy dress. Nineteen photos of Peru show Lima Cathedral and Plaza Mayor a military review the travellers having lunch at the Exposition Building the bull ring the Institute of Hygiene portraits of toy and fruit vendors elaborate forged metal gates to a private residence a pier in Barranco - “the bathing resort of Lima” Mollendo “the breakwater and landing place” passengers being landed in a chair and Tacna “the principal business street” a city park the travellers dining in a restaurant the train which “carried us from Tacna to Arica”. Over twenty images of Chile include views of Arica oxen moving cargo at the dock fruit vendors Antofagasta the beach at the Automobile Club Valparaiso the port and harbour and Santiago Santa Lucia Park National Congress Building “Mr. Chas le Maire giving an exhausted tourist a lift on the climb up the mountain” tourists posing on the steps of Virgin Mary on the summit of San Cristobal Hill city race track the tourists having lunch in a garden a flower stand an oxen-driven cart a “business section of Santiago” La Moneda Presidential Palace Fine Arts Museum. Several views show the interior towns of Los Andes and Rio Blanco which the party visited during a train ride to Buenos Aires Salto del Soldado Rio Blanco railway station train engines and cars of Ferrocarril Transandino Chile with the Andes in the background. Twenty-six views of Buenos Aires show Plaza Hotel Jockey Club the façade and interior of the dining room Monument of the Spanish Las Nereidas fountain Monument to the Two Congresses Palermo Park the tourists posing with a banner “American Express South American Cruise” “the Interpreter squad of the Argentine Police” city racetrack tourists having lunch the racetrack restaurant “gauchos roasting meat for our lunch at Tigre” &c. Over a dozen views of Brazil show Petropolis Santos general view city square “the Aeolus loading coffee at Santos” Sao Paolo snake farm Rio de Janeiro Sugarloaf Cable Car Sugarloaf Mountain and Botafogo Bay Palace Hotel a view from the Corcovado Mountain and several scenes of growing and harvesting coffee beans on a plantation near Sao Paolo. The album closes with six views of Bridgetown “the principal business street” “native women loading boats with coal” “an avenue of royal palms” windmills grinding sugar cane “native boys diving for coins” and a bird’s-eye view of Havana. Overall an attractive extensive collection of large original photos from the second American Express tour to South America. unknown
