Author: THUNBERG, CHARLES PETER
Title: Travels in Europe, Africa, and Asia, Made between the Years 1770 and 1779. 4 Volume Set
Description: London: F & C Rivington, 1795. Second Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 200mm x 120mm (8" x 5"). xii, 317pp, [xviii]; 316pp, [xv]; xiii, 285pp, xv; xxiv, 293pp, [xvi] + plates. 10 [of 11] b/w plates (1 fold-out). Volume I: Containing a voyage to the southern parts of Europe, and to the cape of good hope in Africa, in the years 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773. Volume II: Containing two expeditions to the interior part of the country adjacent to the Cape of Good Hope, and a voyage to the Island of Java; performed in the years 1773,1774, and 1775. Volume III: Containing a voyage to Japan, and travels in different parts of that empire, In the Years1775 and 1776. Volume IV: Containing travels in the empire of Japan, and in the islands of Java and Ceylon, together with the voyage home.. Worn condition. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Boards detached and spine missing on volume I. Plate II, volume IV missing. Some foxing. but content in overall good condition .

Keywords: Travel 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Asia Natural History


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