Charles Waterton; Sydney Smith — Wanderings in South America

London, Edinburgh and New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1891. Cloth. Smart illustrated edition of Waterton's fascinating travels through South America between the years of 1812 and 1824. In publisher's original blue cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen further plates. Collated, complete.Featuring an 1826 review by Sydney Smith.Extensive publisher's catalogue to rear.Engaging recount of the explorations of pioneering naturalist Charles Waterton through South America between the years of 1812 and 1824. This work is said to have inspired the young Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. In publisher's original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, resulting in minor loss of cloth to the spine, and a few marks to boards. Internally, hinge a little weak to the front, leading to a marginally weaker binding towards the second half of the book, particularly between pages 208 and 209, otherwise firmly bound. Very bright and clean with the exception of light spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .