Charton, Edouard - LE TOUR DE MONDE: NOUVEAU JOURNAL DES VOYAGES (1860)
French travel & exploration book from 1860 richly illustrated with more than 350 illustrations and many maps, contains important excerpts about voyages to Shanghai, Macao, China (with engravings of Great Wall of China, Whampoa Pagoda), Morocco (with engravings of Tanger, Capital City, Mogador), Russia (with engraving of Great Wals of Derbent City), Gruzia (engravings of Tiflis, Gori Fortress, Schamaki), Azerbaijan (with engraving of Temple of Smoke in Baku), Jerusalem (with engravings of Mosque of Omar, Portal of Sante Marie Grande), Syria (Damascus Gate), North America (Ruins of Zuni), Mississippi, New Orleans, Balkan (with engravings of Fortress of Ragusa , Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina), Fiji (Bure Kalou Temple), Uruguay (Montevideo), Japan, India, Jerusalem, South Africa (Cape Town), etc.
With beautiful engravings of North American and African hunting and native tribes war scenes; scenes of Delaware tribe in bison hunting; exploration naval scenes, etc.
"Le Tour du Monde: Nouveau Journal des Voyages. Publie sous la direction de M. Edouard Charton et Illustre par nos Celebres Artistes. Premier Semestre de 1860."; Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1860; 31 x 23 cm; Green half-leather binding; Text in French; Collation complete - Title page, 424 pages, with about 350 full page and in-text illustrations and many maps; Binding is strong, tight and firm, with some scuffings, mostly to the extremities and spine, top of the spine little chipped. A two little wormholes to the bottom of the spine which not affecting the binding and content. Text block/pages in excellent condition, bright and very clear, with very ocasionally light foxing (only to the title and a few pages). Ex-libris stamp to the title page. Overall the condition is Very Good.