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[2], iii, [1], 401, [2] pp. (4to) 26x19 cm (10x8"), period blindstamped calf. First Edition. 

Scarce volume of "great and small voyages," including the travels of Melchisedech Thevenot, a French author, scientist, traveler, cartographer, orientalist, inventor, and diplomat. He was the inventor of the sprit level and is also famous for his popular 1696 book The Art of Swimming, one of the first books on the subject, and widely read during the 18th century. He also influenced the founding of the French Academy of Sciences. The author, Armand-Gaston Camus, was a French revolutionist, and a successful advocate before the French Revolution. He was the son of Pierre Camus, a lawyer in the Parlement of Paris. No auction records could be located.