ASTLEY (THOMAS, PUBLISHER)


A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels... Comprehending Every Thing Remarkable in the Kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, edited by John Green, 4 engraved frontispieces, 227 engraved maps and plates (some folding), trace of worming to opening 20 pages of volume 3 (touching 2 plates), occasional light toning, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked in calf gilt with red and black gilt-lettered spine labels [Cordier Sinica 1947; Hill 721; Sabin 28539], 4to (265 x 200mm.), Thomas Astley, [1745-1747]
|"It is a particularly good source for Portuguese and English voyages" (Hill), but includes others such as an abridged English translation of du Halde's account of China.