Langlès, Mathieu (transl. and ed.). Collection portative de voyages

traduits de différentes langues Orientales et Européennes. Paris, Crapelet/ Delance, 1797-1805, 5 vols., w. 20 beautifully handcol. engr. plates (of which 15 double-p. and 1 fold.), very finely and uniformly bound in mid-19th cent. polished green calf. All covers w. central inlaid blindst. red mor. ornament within double gilt fillet border, gilt edges and inside dentelles, gilt spines w. 2 red mor. letterpieces, a.e.g., 12mo. Offsetting from turn-ins, occas. sl. foxing. Minor outer imperfections, in all a desirable set.

Comprises: (1) Voyage de l'Inde a la Mekke, par A'bdoul-Kérym, favori de Thamâs-Qouly-Khân. 1797, XXXII,246 p., w. 2 plates. (2-3) Voyages de Perse dans l'Inde. 1798, 2 vols., CXXXI,(1),142; (4),268 p., both vols. w. 1 plate. (4-5) Voyages pittoresques de l'Inde, fait dans les années 1780-1783; par M. William Hodges. 1805, 2 vols., (4),XXVII,(1),222; (4),252 p., w. 11/ 4 double-p. plates and vol. 4 w. 1 fold. plate. (total 5)