Histoire Generale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection de toutes les

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Prevost d'Exiles, Antoine F. Histoire Generale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont ete publiees jusqu'a present dans les differentes langues de toutes les nations connues... Chez Didot, Paris 1746 - 1752. Volumes I-X only (of 20). 4to, (11 x 8 3/8 inches), bound in period french mottled calf, raised bands, gilt decorated spines. Rubbed at edges, some cracking at hinges, but solid & complete. Vol 1 Pp xiv, 563pp, frontis & 25 maps & prints, with map of Arabia; Vol 2 pp viii, 651pp, 51 engraved maps & plates; Vol 3 pp viii, 644pp, 25 maps & plates including maps of Japan, the Cape of Good Hope, the Indian Ocean & East Indies; Vol 4 pp 648pp, 55 maps & plates, Africa; Vol 5 pp viii, 564pp, 58 maps & prints, 2 maps of Cape Town, and Macao; Vol 6 pp x, 608pp, 44 maps & prints; Vol 7, 624pp, 25 maps & prints; Vol 8pp 652pp, 26 maps & prints of the East Indies, Java & Ceylon; Vol 9 pp vi, 646pp, 26 maps & prints, of China & Vietnam; Vol 10 pp vi, 688pp, 25 maps & prints of Japan & China. Spence 936; Brunet IV 868; Cox I,p.32; Hill (2004) 1391; Sabin 65402. 'An important and scarce collection. Volumes 1-4 include the English & Portuguese voyages to Africa & the East Indies; Vol 5-7 Africa, China, Korea, Tartary & Tibet; Vol 8-9 Dutch & French voyages to the East Indies; Vol 10 India, Philippines, Japan, Macao. Worthwhile for the wonderful copper engraved Bellin charts of Japan, Arabia, Cape Town, South Africa, the Indian Ocean (including the West coast of Australia, East Indies, China, Vietnam, & the Philippines.

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