Relations de divers voyages curieux,

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qui n ont point esté publiees, ou qui ont esté traduites d Hacluyt, de Purchas, d autres Voyageurs Anglois, Hollandois, Portugais, Allemands, Espagnols; et de quelques Persans, Arabes autres Orientaux. Enrichies de Figures de Plantes non décrites, d Animaux inconnus à l Europe, et de Cartes Geographiques de Pays dont on n a point encore donné de Cartes. Paris : Jacques Langlois, 1663-1664 [Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1666] [André Cramoisy, 1672]. Four parts in two volumes, folio, matching contemporary bindings of mottled calf, spines with raised bands tooled and lettered in gilt; marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Part 1. title-leaf in red and black, pp. [12], xxv, 1-52, 1-24, 17-26, 17-29, 26-31, 36-40, 1-12, 1-80, 1-30, 1-10, 19-24, 1-36, 1-56, with 4 folding maps (3 double-page), 2 folding double-page plates, 3 full-page plates and numerous smaller plates in the text. Part 2. title-leaf, pp. [9], 1-20, 1-60, 1-128, 1-40, 1-16, 1-44, 47-48, 1-4, 1-30, with 8 folding double-page plates (including 5 coastal profiles), 3 full-page plates, 3 smaller plates in the text, 1 folding map. Part 3. title-leaf, pp. [12], 31-68, 1-12, 1-28, 1-216 (frequent misnumbering), with 11 plates (3 double-page), 2 folding double-page maps. Part 4. title-leaf, pp. [2], 1-24, 1-14, 1-[24], 1-23, [blank], 1-24, 1-16, 1-16, 1-8, 1-4, [2], 1-45, [blank], 47-58, 1-40, with 2 small plates in the text, 46 woodcuts, and 2 folding maps. The first edition of each of the first four parts of Thévenot’s monumenta

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