[PREVOST (Abbot). Storia generale de' viaggi.... - Lot 26 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL

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[PREVOST (Abbot). Storia generale de' viaggi.... - Lot 26 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL
[PREVOST (Abbot). Storia generale de' viaggi. O nuova raccolta di tutte le relazioni de' viaggi per mare, e per terra, state pubblicate fino al presente nelle diverse lingue di tutte le Nazioni cognite. Contenente quanto è di più notabile ... coi costumi degli abitanti ... per formare un sistema compiuto di storia, e geografia moderna, che dimostri lo stato presente di tutte le nazioni, arricchito con carte geografiche, e figure. Venezia : Appresso Pietro Valvasense a San Giovanni Nuovo, 1751-1764. Rare Italian translation of the "Histoire générale des voyages" by Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles, known as Abbé Prévost (1697-1763), French novelist, historian, journalist, translator and churchman. Translation by Gasparo Gozzi (Melzi, Dizionario di opere anonime e pseudonime di scrittori italiani . Milano, 1848-1859, vol. 3, p. 110), rarely complete (here 23 vols. out of 30. Missing 1, 2, 13, 14, 28, 29 and 30) (only one ex. at the BnF incomplete with 2 vols.), 23 vols. bound in 13 in-12 vol. in uniform contemporary full vellum binding, title and giblets, browning to several vols. due to poor quality of paper, illustrations printed on better paper are mostly in good condition. Very numerous illustrations: T. 1 and 2 are missing. - t. 3: 357 p., 1 blank page, 1 fig. and 2 folding maps, and t. 4: 262 p., 3 folding figures and 7 folding maps. - vol. 5: 384 p., 6 figures and 5 folding maps (tear without missing fold of the map between pp. 374/375), and vol. 6: 324 p., 3 figures and 3 folding maps. - t. 7: 378 p., 9 figures including folding and 10 folding maps, and t. 8: 364 p., 8 plates including 7 folding and 8 folding maps. - t. 9 : 352 p., 2 folding maps, and t. 10 : 352 p., 13 figures, 1 folding view and 2 folding maps. - t. 11: 309-1 blank p., 1 folding map and 8 folding views, and t. 12: 368 p., 5 folding maps and 4 folding views. - t. 13 and 14 are missing. - t. 15: 335-1 blank p., 8 figures, 2 folding plates and 2 folding maps, and t. 16: 402 p., 2 figures and 2 folding maps. - vol. 17: 312 p., 2 figs., 6 folding maps and plans, and vol. 18: 304 p., 24 figs. of which several are folding, 12 folding maps and plans (of which a large folding map on p. 130 and 131). - vol. 19: 300-[2] p., 3 folding maps and 3 folding figures, and vol. 20: 320 p., 1 map and 6 folding figures. - t. 21 : 326-[2] p., 9 figs. and 8 folding maps and plates, and t 22 : 352 p., 21 figs. and 1 music plate. - t. 23 : 287-[1] p., 2 fig. and 2 folding figs, and t. 24 : 344 p., 5 figs. and 1 folding map - t. 25 : 328 p., 3 folding maps and 8 figures, and t. 26 : 368 p., 3 folding maps and 3 figures - t. 27 : 372 p., 1 fig. and 1 folding map. - t. 28-30 are missing. A fine copy.
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