Happel, Eberhard Werner (1647-1690).

5 volumes, 4to (203 x 165mm.), [8], 736, [8]; [8], 800, [8]; [8], 800, [8]; [8], 800, [8]; [8], 800, [12]pp., title-pages printed in red and black, ii folding printed table, illustration: 192 (of 202?) engraved and woodcut plates (some folding), woodcut illustrations in text, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, binding: contemporary vellum, titles lettered on spine, a few plates very slightly trimmed, first 4 leaves of volume 5 browned, some other light spotting, large ink-stain on p. 564 (volume 2) 

Faber du Faur 859 (198 plates); Dünnhaupt ii, Happel/8 (194 plates)

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first edition. Happel was one the most-widely read novelists of his time. The present work is a comprehensive collection of geographical, scientific, ethnographical and cultural curiosities from around the world. The remarkable plates include a world map which illustrates the ocean currents, and magnified images of insects. The number of plates appears to vary.