Buy this book on-line Isaak Commelin; René Augustin Constatin de Renneville : Recueil des Voyages qui ont servi a l etablissement et aux progres de la compagnie des Indes Orientales, Formees dans les Provinces Unies des Pais-basEstienne Roger, Amsterdam, c. 1702
Contemporary full calf with blind-ruled borders, spine in six compartments of raised bands and gilt floral motifs, red morocco label on two, edges speckled red. , In very good condition, text and maps are clean and crisp. Mispagination on p. 357 reads “257”; text not affected., 12mo, P. (2), blank, frontis, engr. title, blank, dedication (8), avertissement (32), 1-688, (2)., Decorated with two headpieces, three tailpieces, and eleven initials. Complete with two single-page plates and fourteen fold-out maps., Volume : 1 of 5 volumes. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Isaak Commelin; René Augustin Constatin de Renneville : Recueil des Voyages qui ont servi a l etablissement et aux progres de la compagnie des Indes Orientales, Formees dans les Provinces Unies des Pais-bas. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Isaak Commelin; René Augustin Constatin de Renneville : Recueil des Voyages qui ont servi a l etablissement et aux progrez de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, Formee dans les Provinces-Unies des Pais-Bas. / Nouvelle Edition, revue par l Auteur & considérablement augmentée. Enrichie d un grand nombre de Figures en Taille-douce. [TEN VOLUMES]Jean-Baptiste Machuel le jeune, Rouen, c. 1725.
19th-century ¼ green calf with matching marble boards (specially done for Pierre Margry), spine in six compartments of raised gilt bands and gilt floral motifs, red morocco labels on two and four, gilt lettering on six, all edges tinted red, marbled endpapers renewed. , All corners with minor shelfwear, head of spine of vols. 4 and 8 slightly chipped; the following is present in all books: minor offsetting of red ink from title page onto frontispiece, minor dampstaining in upper margins (sometimes affecting text), minor age-toning throughout; mispaginations common but with no loss (eg., in vol. 2, pagination jumps from 144 to 147, but foliation remains constant and text unaffected; in vol. 7, pagination runs until p. 63, then starts again from 62 until the end, foliation and text unaffected); in vol. 1, there is a plate torn out at p. 199; in vols. 3 and 4, the final leaves are heavily age-toned (final leaf of vol. 4’s index is reinforced), in vol. 6, several central leaves are heavily age-toned, in vol. 7, early leaves have minor foxing; in vol. 7, one-inch tears enter the text on pp. 75-6, and 157-8 and a minor burn mark to pp. 63-64 creates minor loss to text, and there is minor damage to pp. 531-2; despite its minor flaws, this set is in very good condition, rebacked in attractive 19th-century binding., 12mo., P. Volume 1. (4), blank, frontis, title, blank, dedication 1-4, preface 5-24, avertissement 25-54, 55-436, index (10), (4); Volume 2. (4), blank, frontis, title, blank, 1-144, 147-340, index (16), (4); Volume 3. (6), blank, frontis, title, blank, 1-484, index (18), (6); Volume 4. (4), title, blank, 1-425, index (10), blank, (4); Volume 5. (4), blank, frontis, title, blank, 1-437, index (11), (4); Volume 6. (4), title, blank, 1-434, index (14), (4); Volume 7. (4), blank, frontis, title, blank, 1-63, 62-582, index (29), approbation, privilege (2), (4); Volume 8. (4), title, blank, 1-421, index (7), (4); Volume 9. (4), blank, frontis, title, blank, 1-486, index (12), (4); Volume 10. (4), title, blank, 1-381, index (8), (4)., Titles in red and black ink. With 65 (of 66?) plates, including 41 views (30 folding), and 24 folding maps. Volumes 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9 have frontispieces. Includes a number of early important maps of South Africa, Madagascar, Bali, Java, as well as a large folding map of Southeast Asia, and a folding map of the route taken across the Pacific Ocean from Magellan’s Strait to New Guinea. Also the plate “Isle du Prince” is duplicated: one in vol. 2, one in vol. 3. , Volume : 10 volumes. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Isaak Commelin; René Augustin Constatin de Renneville : Recueil des Voyages qui ont servi a l etablissement et aux progrez de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, Formee dans les Provinces-Unies des Pais-Bas. / Nouvelle Edition, revue par l Auteur & considérablement augmentée. Enrichie d un grand nombre de Figures en Taille-douce. [TEN VOLUMES]. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including collectables, fine bindings, first editions, rare books and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |