Prevost - Histoire des voyages 4 Bde. Prévost, A.F. Histoire générale des voyage…

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Prevost - Histoire des voyages 4 Bde.

Prévost, A.F. Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre... Nouvelle Edition. Vol. I, III-IV and XI, together 4 vols. (of 20) of the series. The Hague, de Hondt, 1747-55. 1 engraved portrait frontispiece. With 1 engraved portrait frontispiece and 125 partly folded. Copper maps and plates. 4°. 3 ed. (rubbed and bumped, 1 chap. with missing part of the cover).- Sabin 65404.- Second and best edition of the great French travel collection. With travelogues on Benin, Guinea, Cape Verde Islands, Azores, Sierra Leone, Canary Islands, Senegal, Moluccas, Java, India, Ceylon, Tonkin and others.- Volume IV contains in addition to the 18 engravings listed in the table of contents 9 further engravings with depictions of plants and animals.- Some browning in places, volume III partly with brown stain in outer margin.

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Prevost - Histoire des voyages 4 Bde.

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[Atlases & Maps] [South America] Eleven maps: (1) Carte des Provinces de Cartagene, S. Marthe et Venezuela Kaart van de Provintien Cartagena, S. Martha en Venezuela. Handcol. engr. map, 20 x 29 cm, from A.F. Prévost d'Exiles, Historische Beschryving der Reizen (...) (Dutch edition of l'Histoire Generale des Voyages), dated 1754 in the plate, monogrammed "J.V.S. direx." (Jacob van Schley) in lower left corner, after J.N. Bellin, w. French titles in cartouche and Dutch title below the images. Folds as publ. Very good, attractively handcol. copy. (2) Carte des Provinces de Caracas, Comana, et Paria situées dans l'Amerique Meridionale. Handcol. engr. map, 19.5 x 29.5 cm, from A.F. Prevost d'Exiles, l'Histoire Generale des Voyages, vol. 12, ca. 1760, after J.N. Bellin. Centre fold as publ. (3) Guiane divisée en Guiane et Caribane par N. Sanson d'Abbeville. Engr. map, 20 x 27.5 cm, ca. 1667. Centre fold as publ., 2 sm. wormholes. -and 8 others, incl. a handcol. map titled Carte du Cours du Maragnon ou de la Grande Riviere des Amazones (...) et qui comprend la Province de Quito et la Côte de Guiane" (after De la Condamine). (total 11)

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

[Atlases & Maps] [South America] Seven various maps and prints: (1) Carte des provinces de Tabasco, Chiapa Verapaz, Guatimala, Honduras, et Yucatan. Kaart der provintien van Tabasco, Chiapa (...). Handcol. engr. map, 21.5 x 33.5 cm, from A.F. Prévost d'Exiles, Historische Beschryving der Reizen (...) (Dutch edition of l'Histoire Generale des Voyages), ca. 1760, all monogrammed "J.V.S. direx." (Jacob van Schley) in lower left corner, after J.N. Bellin. Folds as publ., trimmed on the plate mark at upper margin, sm. waterst. in blank upper right corner. A good, attractively handcol. copy. (2) Audience de Guatimala. Par N. Sanson d'Abbeville. Engr. map, 18.5 x 28 cm, ca. 1667. Sm. holes/ thin spots in blank upper margin. -and 1 other handcol. map of Nicaragua and Costa Rica and 4 others. (total 7)

Estim. 5 000 - 7 000 EUR

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Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

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