BARROW (John). New voyage in the southern part... Lot 30

BARROW (John). New voyage in the southern part of Africa; where the importance of the Cape of Good Hope for the different powers of Europe is examined, considered as a military and naval station; as a boulevard of the commerce and domination of the English in India; as a center of the whaling establishments in the southern seas; as a territorial acquisition, and as a commercial warehouse in times of peace.[...] Paris, Dentu, 1806. 2 volumes in one vol. in-8 marbled half-calf, smooth spine richly decorated, title page in red marble (period binding). French first edition complete with its 8 maps. A good copy.