![- GEMELLI CARERI (Giovanni Francesco). Voyage du tour du monde, translated from the Italian by Gemelli Careri, by L. M. N. [Eustache Le Noble]. Enriched with a great number of figures [New edition increased on the last of the Italian, & enriched with new figures]. Paris, Etienne Ganeau, 1719-1727, 6 vols. in-12, with 62 plates out of text, brown basane, spine ribbed with partitions and fleurons, cherry title-piece, speckled edges [vol. I]; marbled fawn basane, spine ribbed with partitions and fleurons, title-piece and tome, framed with simple cold fillet on the boards, simple gilt fillet on the edges, red edges [vols. II-VI]. Bound in contemporary style (first volume faded). Composite copy: the first volume belongs to the original translation, the other five to the second edition of 1727. In both cases, it is the same translation of the Giro del Mundo, whose first edition was published in 1699 at the address of Naples, in nine volumes. The order of the volumes follows that of the stages of the voyage: I. Of Turkey: [5] ff. n. ch. (false-title, engraved title-frontispiece, title, dedication to the president of Mesmes), xxiv pp, [2] ff. n. ch. table of chapters, [456] pp. wrongly numbered 454 (there are two different ff. numbered 195-96), [5] ff. n. ch. approval and table of chapters, with 5 plates out of the text, among which a portrait-frontispiece and a folding one (the Pyramids). Most are detached. II. Of Persia : [4] ff. n. ch., 512 pp. with 5 plates out of text, two of them folding, small tear III. Of Indostan : [4] ff. n.c., 426 pp. with [3] ff. n.c. of table of contents, with 22 plates out of text, one of which folded and 20 of botany. IV. Of China : [4] ff. n.c., [541] pp. miscalculated 457, [8] pp. n.c. of table of contents, with 8 plates out of text, of which 3 large folding ones. V. Of the Philippine Islands: [4] ff. n. o., [448] pp. miscalculated 444 (there is a jump in the numbering from 337 to 334), [3] ff. n. o. of table of contents, with 11 plates out of text, 10 of which are botanical. VI. Of New Spain : [4] ff. n. c., 528 pp. with 11 plates out of text, including a folding map of Mexico City. Sabin 26 851. Palau, 101 120. Absent from Blackmer, Atabey and Hage Chahine. Manuscript bookplate Mr de Rosmadec, 1772.](https://cdn.drouot.com/d/lot/fullHD/6/115165/bc71ef8b7cc666db7c9f9fc2a60982cc)
- GEMELLI CARERI (Giovanni Francesco). Voyage du tour du monde, translated from the Italian by Gemelli Careri, by L. M. N. [Eustache Le Noble]. Enriched with a great number of figures [New edition increased on the last of the Italian, & enriched with new figures]. Paris, Etienne Ganeau, 1719-1727, 6 vols. in-12, with 62 plates out of text, brown basane, spine ribbed with partitions and fleurons, cherry title-piece, speckled edges [vol. I]; marbled fawn basane, spine ribbed with partitions and fleurons, title-piece and tome, framed with simple cold fillet on the boards, simple gilt fillet on the edges, red edges [vols. II-VI]. Bound in contemporary style (first volume faded). Composite copy: the first volume belongs to the original translation, the other five to the second edition of 1727. In both cases, it is the same translation of the Giro del Mundo, whose first edition was published in 1699 at the address of Naples, in nine volumes. The order of the volumes follows that of the stages of the voyage: I. Of Turkey: [5] ff. n. ch. (false-title, engraved title-frontispiece, title, dedication to the president of Mesmes), xxiv pp, [2] ff. n. ch. table of chapters, [456] pp. wrongly numbered 454 (there are two different ff. numbered 195-96), [5] ff. n. ch. approval and table of chapters, with 5 plates out of the text, among which a portrait-frontispiece and a folding one (the Pyramids). Most are detached. II. Of Persia : [4] ff. n. ch., 512 pp. with 5 plates out of text, two of them folding, small tear III. Of Indostan : [4] ff. n.c., 426 pp. with [3] ff. n.c. of table of contents, with 22 plates out of text, one of which folded and 20 of botany. IV. Of China : [4] ff. n.c., [541] pp. miscalculated 457, [8] pp. n.c. of table of contents, with 8 plates out of text, of which 3 large folding ones. V. Of the Philippine Islands: [4] ff. n. o., [448] pp. miscalculated 444 (there is a jump in the numbering from 337 to 334), [3] ff. n. o. of table of contents, with 11 plates out of text, 10 of which are botanical. VI. Of New Spain : [4] ff. n. c., 528 pp. with 11 plates out of text, including a folding map of Mexico City. Sabin 26 851. Palau, 101 120. Absent from Blackmer, Atabey and Hage Chahine. Manuscript bookplate Mr de Rosmadec, 1772.
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- GEMELLI CARERI (Giovanni Francesco). Voyage du tour du monde, translated from the Italian by Gemelli Careri, by L. M. N. [Eustache Le Noble]. Enriched with a great number of figures [New edition increased on the last of the Italian, & enriched with new figures]. Paris, Etienne Ganeau, 1719-1727, 6 vols. in-12, with 62 plates out of text, brown basane, spine ribbed with partitions and fleurons, cherry title-piece, speckled edges [vol. I]; marbled fawn basane, spine ribbed with partitions and fleurons, title-piece and tome, framed with simple cold fillet on the boards, simple gilt fillet on the edges, red edges [vols. II-VI]. Bound in contemporary style (first volume faded). Composite copy: the first volume belongs to the original translation, the other five to the second edition of 1727. In both cases, it is the same translation of the Giro del Mundo, whose first edition was published in 1699 at the address of Naples, in nine volumes. The order of the volumes follows that of the stages of the voyage: I. Of Turkey: [5] ff. n. ch. (false-title, engraved title-frontispiece, title, dedication to the president of Mesmes), xxiv pp, [2] ff. n. ch. table of chapters, [456] pp. wrongly numbered 454 (there are two different ff. numbered 195-96), [5] ff. n. ch. approval and table of chapters, with 5 plates out of the text, among which a portrait-frontispiece and a folding one (the Pyramids). Most are detached. II. Of Persia : [4] ff. n. ch., 512 pp. with 5 plates out of text, two of them folding, small tear III. Of Indostan : [4] ff. n.c., 426 pp. with [3] ff. n.c. of table of contents, with 22 plates out of text, one of which folded and 20 of botany. IV. Of China : [4] ff. n.c., [541] pp. miscalculated 457, [8] pp. n.c. of table of contents, with 8 plates out of text, of which 3 large folding ones. V. Of the Philippine Islands: [4] ff. n. o., [448] pp. miscalculated 444 (there is a jump in the numbering from 337 to 334), [3] ff. n. o. of table of contents, with 11 plates out of text, 10 of which are botanical. VI. Of New Spain : [4] ff. n. c., 528 pp. with 11 plates out of text, including a folding map of Mexico City. Sabin 26 851. Palau, 101 120. Absent from Blackmer, Atabey and Hage Chahine. Manuscript bookplate Mr de Rosmadec, 1772.
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