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The itinerary of Ludovico di Varthema of Bologna from 1502-1508 : as translated from the original Italian edition of 1510
De Varthema, Lodovico; Jones, John Winter (1805-1881); Penzer, N M (1892-1960); Temple, Sir Richard Carnac (1850-1931); Argonaut Press
1928
With reproduction of text of original t.-p. and colophon.
The voiage and travaile of Sir John Maundevile, kt., which treateth of the way of Hierusalem : and of marvayles of Inde, with other ilands and countryes. Reprinted from the edition of A.D. 1725
Mandeville, Sir John; Halliwell-Phillipps, J O (1820-1889)
1866
Divers voyages touching the discovery of America and the islands adjacent
Hakluyt, Richard (1552?-1616); Jones, John Winter (1805-1881); Fahyan, Robert (1513); Thorne, Robert (1527); Verrazzano, Giovanni da (1485-1528); Ribaut, Jean (1520 (ca.)-1565); Hacket, Thomas (fl. 1560-1590); Great Britain
1850
Reprint of original edition, including title-page.
Travels and adventures of the Rev. Joseph Wolff
Wolff, Joseph (1795-1862); Gatty, Alfred (1813-1903)
1861
Edited by Alfred Gatty.
Voyage au Levant : c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'asie Mineure, dans les isles de Chio, de Rhodes, de Chypre &c. De même que dans les plus considérables villes d'Égypte, de Syrie, et de la Terre Sainte; : enrichi de plus de deux cens tailles-douces, oú sont représentées les plus célébres villes, païs, bourgs, & autre choses dignes de remarque, le tout dessine d'après nature
Bruyn, Cornelis de (1652-7)
1700
First edition of the French translation.
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca : Or, A complete collection of voyages and travels. Consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers (v.2)
Harris, John (1667?-1719); Campbell, John (1708-1775)
1744-48
Title in red and black. Edited by John Campbell.
Miscellanea curiosa : Containing a collection of some of the principal phaenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age: being the most valuable discourses, read and delivered to the Royal Society... As also a collection of curious travels, voyages, antiquities, and natural histories of countries; presented to the same society. To which is added, a Discourse of the influence of the sun and moon on human bodies, &c (v.1)
Derham, W (1657-1735); Mead, Richard (1673-1754); Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de (1657-1757); Hodgson, James (1672-1755); Royal Society (Great Britain)
1723-27
Vol. 1, the third edition. Revised and corrected, by W. Derham. 1726; v. 2, to which is added the laws of stereographick projection, laid down and projected by Ja. Hodgson. 1723; v. 3, the second edit...
Miscellanea curiosa : Containing a collection of some of the principal phaenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age: being the most valuable discourses, read and delivered to the Royal Society... As also a collection of curious travels, voyages, antiquities, and natural histories of countries; presented to the same society. To which is added, a Discourse of the influence of the sun and moon on human bodies, &c (v.2)
Derham, W (1657-1735); Mead, Richard (1673-1754); Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de (1657-1757); Hodgson, James (1672-1755); Royal Society (Great Britain)
1723-27
Vol. 1, the third edition. Revised and corrected, by W. Derham. 1726; v. 2, to which is added the laws of stereographick projection, laid down and projected by Ja. Hodgson. 1723; v. 3, the second edit...
Miscellanea curiosa : Containing a collection of some of the principal phaenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age: being the most valuable discourses, read and delivered to the Royal Society... As also a collection of curious travels, voyages, antiquities, and natural histories of countries; presented to the same society. To which is added, a Discourse of the influence of the sun and moon on human bodies, &c (v.3)
Derham, W (1657-1735); Mead, Richard (1673-1754); Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de (1657-1757); Hodgson, James (1672-1755); Royal Society (Great Britain)
1723-27
Vol. 1, the third edition. Revised and corrected, by W. Derham. 1726; v. 2, to which is added the laws of stereographick projection, laid down and projected by Ja. Hodgson. 1723; v. 3, the second edit...
Voyages and discoveries
Dampier, William (1652-1715); Penzer, N M (1892-1960); Wilkinson, Clennell (1883-); Bell, Archibald Colquhoun; Argonaut Press
1931
"This edition... is limited 975 copies on Japon vellum, numbered l to 975 ... ". Reprinted from the second volume of the author's A collection of voyages, published 1729. Edited by N. M. Penzer.
Six months in the West Indies, in 1825
Coleridge, Henry Nelson (1798-1843)
1826
Signatures: [1] 2-25 26. Authorship from t.p. London, Murray, 1832 edition and Halkett and Laing.
The most noble and famous travels of Marco Polo : together with the travels of Nicolò de' Conti
Polo, Marco (1254-1323?); Conti, Niccolò de' (1395-1469); Ramusio, Giovanni Battista (1485-1557); Frampton, John (fl. 1577-1596); Penzer, N M (1892-1960); Argonaut Press
1929
"This edition... is the sixth publication of the Argonaut press and is limited to 1050 copies on Japon vellum, numbered 1 to 1050." With reproduction of t.-p. of original edition. Translated by Fr...