[Rarebooks] fa: JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO PERU 1828 - Charles Brand - INSCRIBED TO MICHAEL FARADAY

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Lieut. Charles Brand: Journal of a Voyage to Peru: a Passage Across the Cordillera of the Andes, in the Winter of 1827, Performed on Foot in the Snow; and a Journey Across the Pampas. London: Henry Colburn, 1828. First edition; 8vo (21.5 cm) in early pebbled cloth, gilt-lettered morocco spine label; xvii, [3], 346 pp.; with the half-title, erratum, and four aquatint plates (complete). Abbey Travel 724; Hill p. 179; Sabin 7388

Inscribed on the half-title, "with the author's best compliments," to the English chemist and physicist MICHAEL FARADAY, who contributed two letters to the book's appendix on the chemical composition of "the Mineral Water from the hot Springs at the Inca's Bridge in the Cordillera of the Andes." With a few small ms. corrections and marginal annotations to the text, presumably in Faraday's hand. Faraday (1791-1867) is considered one of the most influential scientists in history, particularly in the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. 

"Brand was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. His book contains much information on both Chile and Argentina, in addition to Peru. He also visited Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, and crossed the Banda Oriental (Uruguay) to Buenos Aires. From Valparaiso, Chile, he sailed on the Orion to Callao and Lima. On his return trip aboard the Volador, he visited the Juan Fernandez Islands. After visiting Rio a second time, Brand made a stop at St. Michaels (Sao Miguel) in the Azores..." (The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages). The plates consist of: Ascending the Cumbre of the Andes; Travelling on the Pampas with a relay of Horses; Descending [glissading] the Cuesta de Concual, in the Cordillera of the Andes; A Lady of Lima in her  Walking Dress. Binding with some bumping and wear to the corners, sunning and chipping to the spine; occasional light spotting to the text and plates (most noticeable on the frontis. and title-page), previous owner's signature to front flyleaf, else clean and sound, securely bound.