[TRAVELS]. SMITH (W.). TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD and in the m - Lot 151

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[TRAVELS]. SMITH (W.). TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD and in the m - Lot 151
[TRAVELS]. SMITH (W.). TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD and in the most curious regions of the globe from Christopher Columbus to the present day by the most famous navigators. Paris, Ch. de Lamotte, 1860. Two in-8 volumes in the publisher’s grained cloth, decorated with special gilt metal tools; smooth spine adorned with gilt metal tools in a rocaille pattern; gilt title; gilt edges. Gilt on the spine has tarnished; light foxing. A COMPILATION OF TRAVELS compiled by William SMITH, the complete series of which comprises 12 volumes. The two volumes presented here contain, in the first, the voyages of George Anson, Byron, and Ross; and in the second, the voyages of Baudin, Macarthney, Graham, Heber, and Skinner. 8 BEAUTIFUL PLATES engraved in intaglio on heavy vellum for each volume, including a frontispiece and a title vignette (identical for both volumes). A STUNNING HARDCOVER BINDING decorated with a large gilt plate on the front cover and a gilt embossing on the back cover.
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