(1) TRAVELS IN ICELAND (2) VOYAGE TO. FOUR PRINCIPAL ISLANDS OF AFRICAN SEAS, WITH.PASSAGE OF CAPTAIN BAUDIN TO PORT LOUIS IN THE MAURITIUS (3 ) WANDERER.ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, & N WALES (4) HOLCROFT'S TRAVEL Vol II in Series: a collection of modern and contemporary voyages and travels: containing, i. translations from foreign languages, of voyages never before translated. ii original voyages and travels never before published. iii. analyses of new voyages
Phillips, Sir Richard, Ed. & Authors: Bjarni Povelsen, Eggert Olafsen, J. B. G. M. Bory De Saint Vincent, Thomas Holcroft
Published by Richard Phillips, London, 1805
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Nick Bikoff, IOBA, Fairfield, NJ, U.S.A.Nick Bikoff, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Good
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; Contemporary 3/4 leather over scuffed marbled boards. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Text tight & intact. Rear hinge cracked & front hinge partially cracked with covers firmly attached. Early owner's ink stamp in front. Condition of individual books as noted after each title. Each book or part was issued separately at intervals throughout the year with the intention of having each series bound together although they were sometimes bound individually. There were 10 or more volumes published in this series. These books were of considerable interest because, at the time, they were one of the only sources of information as to current conditions in foreign countries. Most travel & exploration books were of a more historical nature. FULL Titles: (1) "TRAVELS IN ICELAND: PERFORMED BY ORDER OF HIS DANISH MAJESTY CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS, A DESCRIPTION OF THE LAKES, RIVERS, GLACIERS, HOT-SPRING AND VOLCANOES; OF THE VARIOUS KINDS OF EARTH, STONES, FOSSILS AND PETRIFACTIONS; AS WELL AS OF THE ANIMALS, INSECTS, FISHES, ETC." by Eggert Olafsen & Bjarni Povelsen, translated from the Danish. 2pp ads + title page + 2pp preface + pp 5-158 + 4pp index. Compete with 5 plates as called for at end of text (including fold-out map of Iceland ). Text tight & clean with very minor scattered foxing. (2) "VOYAGE TO, AND TRAVELS THROUGH THE FOUR PRINCIPAL ISLANDS OF THE AFRICAN SEAS, PERFORMED BY ORDER OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, DURING THE YEARS 1801 AND 1802 WITH A NARRATIVE OF THE PASSAGE OF CAPTAIN BAUDIN TO PORT LOUIS IN MAURITIUS" by Bory de Saint Vincent, translated from the French. Title page + 2pp Ad + pp 5-208 + 2pp index. Complete with 7 plates as called for by binder's list at end of text. Includes 2 maps (1 fold-out). A total of 5 fold-out & 2 full page plates: 5 of these are acquatints. Plate (Inside Crater.Isle of Bourbon) has 1" tear along fold & & 5" x 1" dampstain along top edge. No other tears, but fold-out plate of St Croix was misfolded & has a few extra creases. Deals mainly with the islands of St Helena, Tenerife, Mauritius &Reunion. (3) " GLEANINGS OF A WANDERER IN VARIOUS PARTS OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND & NORTH WALES, MADE DURING AN EXCURSION IN THE YEAR 1804" by Anonymous (Mrs Leslie? ). Title page + pp 3-168 + 4pp index. 1 acquatint plate. (4) "TRAVELS FROM HAMBURGH THROUGH WESTPHALIA, HOLLAND, AND THE NETHERLANDS, TO HOLLAND" By Thomas Holcroft. No title page. This is an 84 page (+2pp index) summary with excerpts from his 2 volume, 1100 page work published in 1804. World Travel ; B.W. Plates; 8vo; 630 pages. …
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- Title
- (1) TRAVELS IN ICELAND (2) VOYAGE TO. FOUR PRINCIPAL ISLANDS OF AFRICAN SEAS, WITH.PASSAGE OF CAPTAIN BAUDIN TO PORT LOUIS IN THE MAURITIUS (3 ) WANDERER.ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, & N WALES (4) HOLCROFT'S TRAVEL Vol II in Series: a collection of modern and contemporary voyages and travels: containing, i. translations from foreign languages, of voyages never before translated. ii original voyages and travels never before published. iii. analyses of new voyages
- Author
- Phillips, Sir Richard, Ed. & Authors: Bjarni Povelsen, Eggert Olafsen, J. B. G. M. Bory De Saint Vincent, Thomas Holcroft
- Publisher
- Richard Phillips, London
- Publication year
- 1805
- Condition
- Good+
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First English Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Africa, Travel and Exploration, United Kingdom: England, Scotland , Wales & Ireland, Western Europe
Nick Bikoff, IOBA
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