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ALBERT E. DE MONTÉMONT (EDITOR) Bibliothéque Universelle des Voyages effectués par mer ou par terre dans les diverses parties du monde, depuis les premières découvertes jusqu'a nos jours... Revus ou Traduits par M.Albert-Montémont [sic.] . Paris: Armand-Aubrée, 1833-1837, 47 volumes (text: 46 vols, 8° [205 x 126mm.]; plates: 1 vol, 8° [[218 x 140mm.]). Text: half-titles. (Some spotting and browning.); Plates: 90 hand-coloured engraved costume plates by Choubard, after L.Massard (77), F.Wachsmut (5), and J.David. Five plates browned.) Text: uniform contemporary green morocco-backed boards, the spines divided into five compartments by horizontal rules, lettered in the second, third and fourth, the first and fifth with repeat decoration of a single centrally-placed tool of a sailing-ship; Plates: later blue morocco-backed marbled boards, spines gilt with red morocco onlays, t.e.g. (very light scuffing to the extremities of some of the text volumes). A fine set with the rare additional volume of plates. At the foot of each plate is a line of engraved text giving the location in the text which corresponds to (and usually describes) the plate. The text volumes are divided into sections: vols.1-21 Voyages round the World; vols.22-30 African travels; vols. 31-37 Asian travels; vols.38-42 American travels; vol.43 travels in Oceania; vols.44-47 travels in Europe. Cf.Spence 807; cf.Brunet VI,1050 (no.18793) (neither mention the plate volume). (47)