PRÉVOST (Antoine-François, l'abbé)

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PRÉVOST (Antoine-François, l'abbé)
General History of Travel, or New Collection of all travel relationships by sea and land, which have been published so far in the different Languages of all known Nations. Paris, Didot; Amsterdam; 1746-1770. 19 volumes in-4, tortoise shell calf, triple gilded fillet, marbled edges (Binding of the time). Sabin, n°65402. First edition of this important and famous travel encyclopedia, an essential basis for any American library (cf. Chadenat, n°1696). The copy contains a portrait of the author and 581 plates (maps, plans, views and various figures). Some freckles, wine spots on the last 16 leaves of Volume XVI. Binding very scrubbed, some missing covers, slit to jaws. We attach: THE HARP. Atlas of the Travel Handbook. Paris, Moutardier, n.d. In-4, marbled calf (Bound around 1800). Illustrated with 79 cards. Split hinges.
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