A New Collection of Voyages and Travels consisting of The Most Esteemed Relations which have been hitherto published in any language. Comprehending Everything Remarkable in its Kind in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.
Book Description
                        Full pagination: pp.(iv+xxiv+680; (iv)+xii+732; (iv)+x+605; (iv)+xvi+751+(xlii. Index to all volumes). c.27.75cm. (double column). A facsimile set of the original edition of 1745-7.
                    
                                            Dealer Notes
                            #25716. PLEASE NOTE: This set of four very large thick volumes weighs c.10kg + packaging. Please enquire re the postage cost.
                        
                                    
                        Author
                        Astley, Thomas (Collected by).
                    
                    
                                        
                        Date
                        1968.
                    
                    
                                        
                        Binding
                        Hard cover.
                    
                    
                                        
                        Publisher
                        Frank Cass and Company Limited, London.
                    
                    
                                        
                        Illustrator
                        Frontispiece to each volume. Illustrations to each volume: I. 8 charts. 15 plates. II. 73 plates, including a folding map. III. 58 plates, including maps. IV. 73 plates (+ 2 not listed), and including many maps.
                    
                    
                                        
                        Condition
                        Fore edge of one leaf damaged in the printing process but with no loss and neatly repaired with archive tape. Small indentation to the fore edge of boards (probably a string mark where the set 'tied up' at auction). A good clean set.
                    
                    
                                        
                        Pages
                        pp.680; +732; +605; +751+(xlii). (See below)
                    
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