GRASSET DE SAINT-SAUVEUR (Jacques). - Lot 77

GRASSET DE SAINT-SAUVEUR (Jacques). Voyages pittoresques dans les quatre parties du monde, ou troisième édition de l'Encyclopédie des voyages, Contenant les Costumes des principaux Peuples de l'Europe, de l'Asie, de l'Afrique, et des Sauvages de la mer du Sud; gravés et coloriés avec soins. Suivis d'un Précis historique sur les Mœurs de chaque Peuple. Paris: Madame veuve Hocquart, 1806. - 2 volumes in-4, 225x175. Long-grained red half-maroquin à la Bradel, smooth spine decorated, untrimmed (period binding). Colas, I, 1302. Third edition of this famous work by diplomat, traveler and artist Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757-1810), describing the various peoples known at the time. Divided into two volumes, the first is devoted exclusively to the peoples of Europe, and contains 80 plates. The second deals respectively with the peoples of Asia (36 plates), Africa (18 plates) and the Americas (22 plates). Most of the engravings depict men and women from the various peoples described, and are engraved in aquatint in full color. There are also 4 allegorical aquatint frontispieces in color (Europe, Asia, Africa and America) and 6 folding maps engraved in color (Mappemonde ou le Globe Terrestre en deux Hémisphères, Europe, Asia, Africa, Amérique septentrionale and Amérique méridionale). A good copy, complete with all plates, in contemporary binding. Used rubbing to headpieces, spines and edges of boards. Corners dulled. Worm hole in spine of first volume. Small, unbroken cut at head of second volume. Wormholes in the inner margins of the volumes, without affecting the text or engravings. One partly disbound quire in the first volume (Inhabitants of Dalarna, Lapland, etc.).