Relations de divers voyages curieux

A$15,000 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

Also titled: Description de differens peuples remarquables des cinq parties du monde . Nuremberg : J. G. Klinger, 1805-1807. Second edition. Original box of red paper over card, 114 x 100 x 105 mm, with gilt embossed decoration, the lid lettered in gilt Jeu de voyage des cinq parties du monde (corners bumped); the box in three compartments: the first contains five original slipcases of different coloured card, each 105 x 95 mm, with original printed title labels: I. Européens ; II. Asiatiques ; III. Africains ; IV. Américains ; V. Habitans des terres Australes ; with their original complete sets of hand coloured copperplate engravings, 99 x 90 mm, on grey card backing, ranging in number from 5 to 10 per set; captions in German and French, with sequence numbers at upper right corners; the final card in each set is an engraved map; the second compartment houses a booklet which provides descriptions (on average 4 pages in length) of the peoples depicted on each card (hence we can ascertain that no cards are lacking), Description de differens peuples remarquables des cinq parties du monde avec des figures représentant leur costume national. Par Jean Wolfgang Muller et Jean George Klinger. Avec 32 planches et 6 petites cartes géographiques. Seconde édition . à Nuremberg, chez Jean George Klinger, 1807. Duodecimo, original blue wrappers with embossed decoration, pp xvi, 127; an engraved mappe-monde, supplied in facsimile; the third compartment contains a facsimile of the original r

• Binding: Hardcover

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