Lot n° 20
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XVIIIth c. | AUX ARMES - VOYAGES | PRÉVOST, Antoine François - Lot 20
XVIIIth c. | AUX ARMES - VOYAGES | PRÉVOST, Antoine François - Histoire générale des voyages, ou Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiés jusqu'à présent [...]
P., La Haye, Didot, Pierre de Hondt, 1746-1761 (16 vols.).
With :
Suite de l'Histoire générale des voyages [...]
Amsterdam, Arkstée et Merkus, 1761 (1 vol.)
With :
Continuation de l'Histoire générale des voyages [...]
P., Rozet, 1768, Panckoucke, 1770 (2 vols).
Set of 20 volumes in all, in-4, of which 19 of text and one of atlas, porphyry calf, title and tomato on the spines decorated with gilt (Binding a little worn).
Portrait and 576 engraved plates, some double or folded, including about 260 maps, plans and views. Volume XVI (of 1761) consists of an alphabetical table of the subjects contained in the XVI volumes of the Histoire générale des voyages. The atlas includes 74 folded maps and 2 language tables. It is bound in marbled fawn calf with gilt irons on the spine, slightly different from the others and with gilt crowned arms in the center of the boards.
Volumes IV, VI, XI have no Avis au relieur. Corners dulled, a few jaws cracked and foxing.
Chadenat 1696: "A true encyclopedia of travel (...) an indispensable basis for any American library."
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