Histoire générale des voyages, ou, Nouvelle collection pdf

Histoire générale des voyages, ou, Nouvelle collection

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Vols. 1-7 translated and adapted by Prévost from: A new general collection of voyages and travels (London : T. Astley, 1745-1747). Vols. 8-15 compiled by Prévost. Vol. 16 is index of v. 1-15. Vol. 17, dealing with Dutch East Indies, published in Amsterdam, 1761. Work continued by A.G. Meusnier de Querlon and J.P. Rousselot de Surgy. See Sabin’, ‘Imprints vary: v. 15-16, Chez la veuve Didot; v. 17, A Amsterdam, chez Arkstée et Merkus; v. 18, A Paris, chez Rozet; v. 19, Chez Panckoucke; v. 20, Chez Maradan’, “Printers: v. 1-9, De l’imprimerie de Claude Simon; v. 10-11, De l’imprimerie de la veuve de Claude Simon; v. 12-15, De l’imprimerie de Didot; v. 18, De l’imprimerie de Le Breton; v. 19, Chez Gueffier”, ‘Engraved frontispiece port. of Prévost by G.F. Schmidt, v. 1. Draughtsmen and engravers of ill. include Charles Cochin fils, Pierre Chedel, Elizabeth Haussard’, ‘Multiple errata statements’, ‘Sabin’, ‘Binding: mottled sheepskin.

Spines gilt tooled, with title and vol. no. on two labels. Edges of boards gilt rolled. Page edges red. Green silk place markers. Vol. 20 in mottled calfskin. MS annotations on endpapers of v. 1, including pagination and plate counts for all vols. on recto of frontispiece’, ‘Ownership inscription on t.p. of v. 10 of Gressent, senator of Rouen; cf. Jean Louis Aimé Gressent, 1746-1815, jurist (N. Oursel, Nouvelle biographie normande). The defaced 18th-century bookplates that appear in v. 1-19 are apparently his. Vol. 20 has later bookplate of de Fortia

• Creator/s: Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763, Schmidt, G. F. (Georg Friedrich), 1712-1775, Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790, Chedel, Pierre Quentin, 1705-1763, Haussard, Elisabeth, Didot, François, 1689-1757, Simon, Claude, d. 1752
• Date: 1746
• Book Topics/Themes: Voyages and travels

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