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Valentia, George, Viscount

Valentia, George, Viscount; Voyages dans l'Hindoustan, a Ceylan, sur les deux cotes de la Mer-Rouge, en Abyssinie et en Egypt pendant les années 1802, 1803, 104, 1805 et 1806. Atlas only. Veuve Lepetit, Paris, 1813. First French edition.
Oblong 4:o (212 x 275 mm) in a slightly worn and rubbed contemporary half leather binding. Endpapers slightly soiled, else omore occasional spots and a few thumbs in margins. All plates tissue guarded. 26 engraved plates and 2 engraved folding maps by Victor Adam after Henry Salt.(IV), Title + Liste des cartes et planches + 26 engraved plates (5 folded) + 2 folded maps of the Red Sea.
Four text volumes were published.