La Harpe,J.F.(de). Lot n° 1369

Abrege de l'histoire générale des voyages...Nouv. ed., revue et corrigee. 24 vols. Paris, Ledoux 1820. 8°. Ldrbde. d. Zt. with gilt edges a. gilt fillets. (Damp and rubbed, corners partly somewhat damaged). Sabin 38632. Brunet III, 771. edition revised by J.B.B.Eyries. - "A work that has met with greater success than any other of the same kind; the fidelity of the narration, the striking details of adventure, and the lively pictures of manners, etc. it presents, will always give it a peculiar and lasting merit. Contains all the early voyages to America." (Sabin). - The atlas with a world map, 6 maps of the continents (America in 2) as well as maps of the Antilles, Brazil, Peru, China a. Japan, India (2), Mexico, a. Siberia a. Kamtchatka. - Lightly fl. in places.