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‎PREVOST D'EXILES Antoine Franois‎

Reference : 2014

‎HISTOIRE GENERALE DES VOYAGES.‎

‎Qui ont t publies jusqu' prsent dans les diffrentes langues de toutes les nations connues. Nouvelle dition, revue sur l'Original Anglois... Les figures & les cartes ont t graves par & sous la direction de J. Vander Schley, elve distingu du clbre Picart Le Romain. Chez Pierre De Hondt / Van Harrevelt & Changuion, La Haye / Amsterdam, 1747-1780. In-8 gr. (mm. 258x187), 25 volumi, p. pelle coeva (2 volumi con picc. manc. alla cuffia inferiore), dorso a cordoni con ricca decorazione e tit. oro su tassello, tagli rossi o a spruzzo, pp. compl. 13.325; frontespizi in rosso e nero, con un grande ritratto dell'A. all'antiporta, graziose testate di carattere antropologico su ogni volume e 28 ritratti di governatori olandesi (nel 17 vol.), il tutto inc. in rame da Schley; ornati da capilettera e finalini inc. su legno.Importante e ricchissimo l'apparato iconografico, composto da 765 tavole fuori testo, tutte inc. in rame, cos suddivise: 187 carte geografiche (di cui 131 piu' volte ripieg.) e 578 tavole (di cui 179 ripieg.) relative a vedute di citt, piante topografiche, usi e costumi religiosi e sociali dei vari popoli del mondo, piani, prospettive, figure di animali, di vegetali, antichit.Edizione ampliata di questa grandiosa enciclopedia dei viaggi e delle scoperte geografiche, che tratta di "moeurs et usages des habitans, leur religion, gouvernement, arts et sciences, commerce et manufactures pour former un systeme complet d'histoire et de gographie". Cfr. Graesse,V,440 - Brunet,IV,868: Cette collection, quoique faite la hate et sans beaucoup de mthode, n'est certainment pas sans mrite.. Celle de "La Haye", 1747-80, 25 vol. in-4, contient des augmentations considrables, et, entre autres, l'histoire des possessions hollandaise dans l'Asie, qui forme le 17.e vol..Cfr. anche The Hill Collection of Pacific voyages, 1391 (che cita l'ediz. in 20 volumi di Parigi, 1746-89): An important and scarce collection, which includes accounts of the principal early Australian voyages, such as Saavedra, Gaetano, Torres, Mendana, Quiros, and the Nodals, as well as an account of the discovery of Australia by the Dutch, early voyages to New Guinea and the Palau Islands, and Roggeveen's voyage to Terres Australes - African voyages include the early Portoguese and English voyages to West Africa and the Cape of Good Hope, with a general account of the Dutch at the Cape - Pacific voyages include those of Magellan, Schouten and Le Maire, Drake, Sarmiento, Cavendish, Spilbergen, Narbrough, Rogers, Cowley, Frzier, and Anson - Particularly full accounts are given of the Dutch and the French voyages to the East Indies, voyages to China, and the British East India Company's voyages to India and Ceylon.. Many voyages to South America, including those of Texeira, La Condamine, Raleigh, Cabot, Quiroga and others, as well as several important early North American voyage accounts... Esempl. con lievi fioriture; alc. volumi con qualche pagina uniformem. brunita, altrimenti ben conservato, completo di tutte le tavole, come da Indice.‎


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