Phipps Capitaine (1 results)

First Editions thus. Being volumes 1-12 of the fourth year of the series. Bound two volumes in one. Small 8vo (5 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches), Contemporary full tan marbled calf, decorative gilt border to sides. Spine gilt with crimson lettering piece and green numbering piece, inner gilt dentelles, gilt decoration to edges of boards, all edges gilt. All the half-titles retained by the binder. Some very slight polished surface loss to two of the boards. Overall very good, attractive & very clean internally. This charming series published "Pour l'instruction et l'amusement de la Jeunesse". The 12 volumes comprise the following works:Volume 1 & 2: Second Voyage de Capitaine Cook Autour du Monde. 2 volumes in one. Engraved frontipiece to each. Pages 230:206.Volumes 3 & 4. Two volumes in one. Voyage de Don Georges Juan et de Don Antonio D'Ulloa dans L'Amerique Meridionale, Engraved frontispiece to first.vol, folding engraved map to second volume.Volumes 5 & 6. The first volume: Voyage dans La Haute et Basse Egypte par R. Pocock. The Second volume: Voyage en Egypte et en Syrie par Browne. Engraved frontispiece to the first work. Pages 221:214.Volumes 7 & 8: Voyage a la Guyane et Aventures de Walter Raleigh. The second volume: Coyage du Capitaine Phipps dans La Mer Glaciale du Nord. Engraved frontispiece to first work. Pages 240:220.Volumes (9 & 10: The first volume: Voyages et Aventures de Bristow, Officier d'Artillerie au Bengal. The second volume: Voyages au Japon par Kempfer et Thunberg. Engraved frontispiece to each volume. Pages: 187:199.Volumes 11 & 12: The first volume: Voyages aux Terres Australes et dans La Mer du Sud par Magellan, Drake, Cavendish, Lemaire, Tasman. The Second Volume: Voyage de Woodes-Rogers Autour du Monde. Engraved frontispiece to each work. Pages 216:219.…