BANCAREL François Collection abrégée des voyages anciens et modernes autour du monde. Avec des extraits des autres voyageurs les plus célèbres et les plus récents, contenant des détails exacts sur les mœurs, les usages et les productions les plus remarquables des différents peuples de la terre.

12 volumes 8vo (198 x 125 mm) engraved portrait frontispiece of Christopher Columbus, 2 nn.ll., XVI, 609 pp., 1 nn.l. (errata), 1 engraved folding map, 5 engraved plates and 1 engraved portrait (Vasco da Gama) for volume I; 2 nn.ll., engraved frontispiece (death of Magellan), 472 pp., 1 engraved folding map, 4 engraved plates for volume II; 2 nn.ll., engraved portrait of Gemelli Careri, 592 pp., 1 engraved folding map, 6 engraved plates for volume III; 2 nn.ll., 500 pp., 1 engraved folding map, 5 engraved plates for volume IV; engraved portrait frontispiece of Anson, 496 pp., 1 engraved folding map, 3 engraved plates (including a portrait of Christopher Columbus) for volume V; 447 pp., 1 engraved folding map, 4 engraved plates for volume VI ; engraved portrait frontispiece of Bougainville, 469 pp., 5 engraved plates for volume VII ; engraved portrait frontispiece of Captain James Cook, 432 pp., 6 engraved plates for  volume VIII; 482 pp., 10 engraved plates for volume IX ; 575 pp., 13 engraved plates for volume X ; engraved portrait frontispiece of La Pérouse, 504 pp., 2 engraved plates for volume XI ; 324 pp., 7 engraved plates for volume XII. Contemporary tree calf, decorative gilt border on covers, flat spines richly gilt in Bozérian style, lettering pieces in light brown morocco, marbled edges.