Collectif - Histoire générale des voyages - Guinée, Côte d'Or - 1748
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Collectif, author/illustrator, presents Histoire générale des voyages - Guinée, Côte d'Or, first illustrated edition, Didot, 1748, in French, 408 pages, bound in demi cuir, in good condition.
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A very beautiful work richly illustrated and drawn from the monumental geographical and ethnographic enterprise of abbé Prévost, this 1748 edition gathers travel accounts dedicated to Guinea and the Gold Coast, with descriptions of the coasts, populations, resources, and trade networks of West Africa in the 18th century.
A true documentary collection, the work combines accounts from sailors, missionaries, and merchants, offering firsthand testimony on the beginnings of European expansion and Atlantic trade.
L'Abbé Prevost - General History of Voyages or New Collection of All Travel Accounts by Sea and Land - Guinea, Gold Coast - 1748 - Volume XIV - Didot
408 pages
Good condition of the binding, work in its original brown half-leather, marbled boards, signs of wear from use, faded headbands, smooth gilt decorated spine, gilded titling and volume numbering on a maroquin piece.
Good interior condition, some foxing, attractive headbands, beautiful initial, title in red and black, work enriched with numerous illustrations outside the text on folding plates.
Delivery service guaranteed within a few days.
A very beautiful work richly illustrated and drawn from the monumental geographical and ethnographic enterprise of abbé Prévost, this 1748 edition gathers travel accounts dedicated to Guinea and the Gold Coast, with descriptions of the coasts, populations, resources, and trade networks of West Africa in the 18th century.
A true documentary collection, the work combines accounts from sailors, missionaries, and merchants, offering firsthand testimony on the beginnings of European expansion and Atlantic trade.
L'Abbé Prevost - General History of Voyages or New Collection of All Travel Accounts by Sea and Land - Guinea, Gold Coast - 1748 - Volume XIV - Didot
408 pages
Good condition of the binding, work in its original brown half-leather, marbled boards, signs of wear from use, faded headbands, smooth gilt decorated spine, gilded titling and volume numbering on a maroquin piece.
Good interior condition, some foxing, attractive headbands, beautiful initial, title in red and black, work enriched with numerous illustrations outside the text on folding plates.
Delivery service guaranteed within a few days.
Details
Number of Books
1
Subject
Cartography, Geography, History, Illustrated, Natural History, Ships and seafaring, Travels
Book Title
Histoire générale des voyages - Guinée, Côte d'Or
Author/ Illustrator
Collectif
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1748
Edition
1st Edition, Illustrated Edition
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Didot
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Number of pages
408
