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LA PÉROUSE, JEAN-FRANÇOIS DE GALAUP, Comte de.
The Voyage . . .
round the World, in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788.
46 engraved plates; 5
maps. [20], cxc, 290; viii, 442, 64, 119, [1] pages. 4 parts in 2 volumes. 8vo, 213x132 mm,
modern gilt-lettered brown leather, spines and joints rubbed, top of Volume 2 spine
chipped; most plates foxed or browned, offsetting onto facing pages, occasional heavy fox-
ing of text, blank upper outer corner of titles excised, world map dampstained and loose.
London: John Stockdale, 1798
[1,500/2,500]
FIRST EDITION
of this abridged translation, one of 2 published the same year. The French
original was published in 1797, and the first complete edition in English in 1799. “La
Pérouse’s expedition was one of the most important scientific explorations ever undertaken to
the Pacific and the west coast of North America”—Hill 972 (original edition).
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KNOLLES, RICHARD.
The
Generall Historie of the Turkes . . .
Together with the Lives and Con-
quests of the Othoman Kings and
Emperours unto the Yeare 1621.
30
engraved text portraits; view of Danube
bridge on page 1076. [12], 1396, [38]
pages, including initial blank and engraved
title. Folio, 335x217 mm, contemporary
calf, portions of spine restored retaining
most of the original backstrip, endpapers
renewed; dampstaining in upper inner and
lower outer corners through much of vol-
ume with traces of mold.
London: Adam Islip, 1621
[800/1,200]
Third edition of the major English-language
work of the period on the Ottoman empire; the
first edition appeared in 1603. STC 15053.
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