EYRIÈS (Jean-Baptiste). A Picturesque Journey Through Asia and Africa: A General Summary of Ancient and Modern Travels... Paris: Furne & Co., 1839. — 2 parts in 1 quarto volume, 270 x 185: frontispiece, (2 folios), 426 pp., 1 map, 96 plates; (1 folio), 160 pp., 1 map, 40 plates. Brown half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets, decorated ribbed spine, untrimmed (binding from the second half of the 19th century). First edition of this compilation of the greatest ancient and modern travel accounts from Asia and Africa, printed in two columns and published by Jean-Baptiste Eyriès (1767–1846), co-founder of the Geographical Society in 1821. It includes, notably, the travel accounts of Erman, Lesseps, Pallas, Turner, Tavernier, Chardin, Tournefort, Volney, and many others. The second part is entirely devoted to travels in Africa and covers a wide range of regions: Egypt, Nubia, Abyssinia, the coasts of Ajan and Zanzibar, Mozambique, the Comoros and Seychelles, Madagascar, Bourbon Island, Mauritius, the Cape Colony, the Cape of Good Hope, Congo, the islands of Saint Helena and Ascension, Guinea, Senegambia, the Cape Verde Islands, the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Sahara, Sudan, the Oases, Barca, and Tripoli, Tunis, Algeria, and the Kingdom of Morocco. A richly illustrated edition, including two fold-out maps (one for Asia, the other for Africa) and 137 plates, most of which comprise several steel engravings based on drawings by Jules Boilly, including the frontispiece depicting four explorers: Chardin, Pallas, Burckhardt, and Lander. A rare copy with the plates and maps printed on mounted Chinese paper. Spine faded, corners worn. A few foxing spots.