(Schwabe,J.J.). Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und Lande, oder Sammlung aller Reisebeschreibungen, ... Vol. 2. Lpz., Arkstee and Merkus 1748. 4°. With 45 (of 46) partly folded. Copper plates and maps. 30 pp., 520 pp., 20 pp. Hardcover with ribbed boards and ribbed boards (rubbed and worn). Cox I, 32 - Deals with "Travels to various parts of Africa and the neighboring Eylands", among them Madeira, the Canaries, Sierra Leone, Niger and many others - Contains beside the 41 num. In addition to the 41 numbered engravings 4 of the 5 additional maps delivered later (the map of the occidental ocean is missing). - The folding map after p. 498 creased and with marginal stains. - Ex-libris.

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