Lot no. 1250
South America
Prévost (d'Exiles), Abbé Antoine François
Histoire generale des voyages, ... voyages par mer et par terre... Nouvelle ed. 15th vol. With 43 mostly folded. Copper plates. The Hague, De Hondt, 1757. 4°. XVI, 402 pages, 2 vols. Central binding (rubbed).
Nouvelle edition. - Sabin 65404 - With descriptions of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego as well as reports on the Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Dutch possessions in Indonesia (esp. Macedonia). Dutch possessions in Indonesia (esp. Makassar), Celebes and Borneo, as well as Asian and world travels of the 18th cent. - Text pages partly browned, copper hardly affected.
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