GRASSET DE SAINT-SAUVEUR, Jacques. - Lot 30

GRASSET DE SAINT-SAUVEUR, Jacques. Encyclopédie des voyages contenant l'abrégé historique des mœurs, usages, habitudes, domestiques, religions, fêtes... et la collection completette de leur habillemens... Paris, chez l'auteur, chez Deroy et chez les principaux libraires de la République, 1796. 4 parts in 5 volumes in-4 (27 x 21 cm). Contemporary blue marbled boards (title pages and table of contents of Africa cut out and rebacked, marginal spotting and foxing, some leaves loose, including plates). Travel encyclopedia by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur in five volumes, dedicated to the peoples of the four continents, Europe in two volumes, Asia, Africa and America. Our copy is illustrated with a frontispiece for each continent and 406 aquatints in black, finely watercolored at the time. The title page indicates 432 plates, colored, but the bibliographies present contradictory information concerning the number of plates. This copy comprises five volumes, each with a title page, a table of plates, a preliminary discourse and notices devoted to the various peoples, with varying paginations: Europe. Volume I. Frontispiece and 81 plates. Europe. Volume II. 83 plates. Asia. Frontispiece and 94 plates. Africa. Frontispiece and 69 plates (lower margin of one plate restored). America. Frontispiece and 79 plates. Sabin, 75487. Colas, 1292. Lipperheide, Ac 11.