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1754 Histoire generale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, Tome Quarante-Cinquieme. Paris: Chez Didot, 1754.
A desirable 18th-century French travel volume focused on early European voyages, discoveries, and establishments in America, including the voyages of Christopher Columbus. The divisional title reads: Premiers voyages, decouvertes et etablissements des Europeens en Amerique. Voyages de Christophe Colomb.
Contains five folding maps by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, the noted 18th-century French royal hydrographer and cartographer:1. Gulf of Mexico and Isles of America2. Haiti / St. Domingue3. Caracas, Comana, and Paria4. Cartagena, Santa Marta, and Venezuela5. Panama, Veragua, and Darien.
Final page is numbered 494 and reads Fin du XLV. Volume.
Period full calf leather binding with gilt-tooled spine, marbled endpapers, and red-stained edges. Measures approx. 7 x 4 x 1.5 in.
Condition: Good antique condition. Leather rubbed and scuffed, with wear to corners, joints, spine ends, and raised bands. Boards attached. Text block sound. Pages show normal age toning, light spotting/handling, and some offsetting. Folding maps have fold creases and light wear/toning, but present well.All books we sell are original copies, we do not sell reproductions.Free shipping, free no questions asked 30 day returns (within USA), Global Shipping Program to other countries.
