[RENNEVILLE (René-Auguste-Constantin de). Recueil des voyage - Lot 109

[RENNEVILLE (René-Auguste-Constantin de). Recueil des voyages qui ont servi à l'établissement et aux progrès de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, formée dans les Provinces-Unies des Pays-Bas...Nouvelle édition, revue par l'auteur (de Constantin) et considérablement augmentée.... A Rouen, chez P. Le Boucher, 1725. 10 volumes in-12, contemporary havane calf, 5-ribbed spine, tawny title-pieces, tomaisons frappées, red edges (rubbing and wear, including worn headbands; on t.2, 1 corner mq. pl. 2, on t.3, 1 corner mq. in margin of a plate, tear without mq. p.269, on t.VIII, small hole on a map, not serious; scattered russets). Important collective edition of numerous travel accounts concerning the countries and regions served by the Compagnie des Indes, mainly in South America, Asia and Oceania. Illustrated with numerous copper-engraved hors-texte views, maps and plans. Although the bibliographies do not specify the number of plates, this copy contains 64 plates, including 6 frontispieces. (Sabin, 68455; Cordier, Sinica, col. 2341).