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“Te Amsterdam, By Petrus Conradi. Te Harlingen, By V. van der Plaats”, 1784-1787. 13 (of 14) Vols. of the series. With 13 ident. woodcut title-vignettes, 1 fold. engraved WORLD-MAP (“Platte Kaart van de Geheele Waereld om te dienen tot de Nederlandsche Reizen”, ca. 37 x 46 cm.), 1 fold. engraved map of i.a. NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA (“Kaart der Reyze van drie Schepen naar het Zuydland in de Jaaren 1721 en 1722”, ca. 19,5 x 34,5 cm.), 1 fold. engraved plan & 56 engraved views/ plates (of which 47 fold.) by i.a. D. de Jong. 8vo (ca. 22,5 x 13,5 cm.), late 18th-cent. (not unif.) wrappers, uncut. ¶ Tiele 909. Rouffaer/ Muller p. 601 (no. 155). Almost complete set (printed with wide margins) comprising extracts & summaries of various Dutch travel reports concerning i.a. China, India, Japan, Suriname & the former Dutch East Indies illustrated with fold. engravings dep. views of i.a. Bantam, Goa, Malacca, Nanking, Nova Zembla, Old & New Mexico, Peking & Ternate. Bound-up at the end of vol. 9: S. STYL, “Lofzang aan de Vaderlandlievende Maatschappy Te Amsterdam, ter bevordering der Nederlandsche Zeevaart [..]” (Amsterdam/ Harlingen, P. Conradi/ V. van der Plaats, 1785, 20,[4 advert.] pp.). All vols. ex bibliotheca C.F.C.G. Boissevain with his book-plate mounted on upper paste-down. – Lacks vol. 6 (publ. in 1785). With defects to the wrappers (spines partly dam./ worn, wrappers sl. frayed/ torn), vol. 12 occ. sl. marg. waterstained, but nevertheless in a good interior condition.