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[Marco POLO. JAUBERT. BRUGUIERE, et al.] COLLECTION OF TRAVELOGUES AND MEMOIRS published by the Geographical Society. Paris, printed by Everat, [later] Arthus Bertrand, 1824–1840. 6 tomes in 7 volumes, quarto (tome 2 in two volumes; tomes 7 and 8 missing). Paperbound in the publisher’s temporary paper (volumes 7 and 8 missing; cover and edges slightly faded; a few foxing spots on the first folios and a few browned pages; spine broken on volume 4; a few traces of period labels; a few small paper losses on some spines, tears with missing pages 125–126, two torn but preserved sections on pp. 213–4 and 217–8; plates opposite p. 212 are loose with a slit but no missing material). A fine copy with full margins on laid paper. As published. The first six volumes of the collection of travel accounts and memoirs published by the Geographical Society. They bring together several accounts and contributions, notably those of Marco Polo (1254–1324), author of The Travels of Marco Polo and the *Peregrinatio Marci Pauli*, edited by Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard Roux de Rochelle (1762–1849) ; Amédée Jaubert (1779–1847), translator of *Relation de Ghanat et des coutumes de ses habitans*; David Baillie Warden (1778–1845), author of *Researches into the Antiquities of the United States of North America*; Louis Bruguière, author of *Orography of Europe*; and Jordan Catala (died 1336), author of *Description of the Wonders of a Part of Asia*. The illustrations consist of 41 plates, including several fold-out plates and maps, notably a map of part of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Babylonia; a map of Asia; as well as several plates depicting the relative heights of mountain ranges. Superb large fold-out panoramic plates depicting the profile of the Pyrenees or the Vosges.