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Abridged collection of Ancient and Modern Travels around the World; with extracts from other most famous and recent Travelers; containing exact details on the walls, the uses and the most remarkable productions of the different peoples of the earth, enriched with maps, figures and portraits of the main Navigators. Written by FB******L.

Paris, from the printing house of Fr. Dufart, 1808, 12 volumes in-8°, half-leather binding, (spine damaged), marbled edges, small losses in the corners of 8 leaves, otherwise well preserved interior. Portrait. XVI. 609 pp. 6 inset plates. + frontispiece. 472 pp. 4 inset plates. + portrait. 592 pp. 6 inset plates. 500 pp. 5 inset plates. + portrait. 496 pp. 3 inset plates. 447 pp. 4 inset plates. + portrait. 469 pp. 5 inset plates. + portrait. 432 pp. 6 inset plates + portrait. 478 pp. 10 inset plates. 575 pp. 13 inset plates. 504 pp. 2 inset plates + portrait. 324 pp. 7 inset plates. 

First edition of this important compilation of voyages around the world made by the greatest navigators in history (Columbus, Cook, Wallis, Spilberg, La Pérouse, Byron, Bougainville, Drake, Surville, etc.), a summary of Africa, a description of the United States of America and Canada as well as a note on South America. the morals and customs of the inhabitants of the four corners of the world, such as the Sandwich Islands, Tahiti, Tierra del Fuego, Japan, etc. 
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Paris, from the printing house of Fr. Dufart, 1808, 12 volumes in-8°, half-leather binding, (spine damaged), marbled edges, small losses in the corners of 8 leaves, otherwise well preserved interior. Portrait. XVI. 609 pp. 6 inset plates. + frontispiece. 472 pp. 4 inset plates. + portrait. 592 pp. 6 inset plates. 500 pp. 5 inset plates. + portrait. 496 pp. 3 inset plates. 447 pp. 4 inset plates. + portrait. 469 pp. 5 inset plates. + portrait. 432 pp. 6 inset plates + portrait. 478 pp. 10 inset plates. 575 pp. 13 inset plates. 504 pp. 2 inset plates + portrait. 324 pp. 7 inset plates.  First edition of this important compilation of voyages around the world made by the greatest navigators in history (Columbus, Cook, Wallis, Spilberg, La Pérouse, Byron, Bougainville, Drake, Surville, etc.), a