Lot n° 68
Estimation :
250 - 300
EUR
New collection of travels in Northern Europe and Asia, conta - Lot 68
New collection of travels in Northern Europe and Asia, containing extracts from the most esteemed travel relationships, which have never been published in French. Book translated from different languages, by a society of people of letters, with notes, clarifications, and enriched with maps and many views and drawings engraved by the best artists. Geneva, Paul Barde and Paris, Moutard, Merigot le jeune, 1785, 2 vol. (sur 6) 8°, XV-[1 bl.]-375-[1] p., 5 folding plates and 1 large folding map, and VI-328-[2] p., 4 folding plates, full speckled calf of the period, decorated spines with nerves (light wettings in 1st vol., restored bindings. This collection requires 6 volumes, which includes 2 separate works, the first in 2 numbered vol. and the second in 4 numbered vol. We have here, as often the first two volumes rare and complete in themselves, they include : "Isles of Scilly" by William Borlase, "Description of the Isle of Anglesey, North-West Wales" by Thomas Pennant, "Relation of a Journey by Milord Littelton to North Wales, and the Isle of Anglesey" by Thomas Pennant, "Voyage to Scotland and the Hebrides, made in 1772" by Thomas Pennant, "Description of the Isle of Staffa" by Uno von Troil, "Description of the Isle of Staffa" by Joseph Banks.
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