The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-30 00:00:00

NEW. ANT) COMPLETE COLLECTIOI4 OF MO.
DERN VOYAGES AND TRAVELS ;
(Including DENON's TRAVELS in EGYPT, PALLAS's
TOURNEY THROUGH RUSSIA, GRANDPRE's
and GOLBERRY'a TRAVELS in AFRICA, and par-
ticularly the new and splendid Work on Egypt, now print-
ing under the direCtion of the French National Institute,
which will be translated for this Edition immediately after
its importation. It is also intended to comprise corred
and full Translations of all Interesting Works of a similar
kind which may henceforth be published on the Continent.)
This Day was published,
Elegantly printed in .Two Pocket-Volumes, on Cream-
coloured woven Paper, and ornamented with a number of
beautiful Engravings; together with Two Corre& Maps
of Upper-and -Lower Egypt (the same site as those its the
'Original Edition), and other Embellishments, price only
Toy. in boards; or, on Royal Paper, Hot-pressed, with
Proof-impressions of the Plates, Coloured similar to the
Designs of the Author, price 545.
DENON's TRAVELS in EGYPT, being the
First of a Series of Volumes under the Title of
MODERN biSCOVERIES ;
Or, A COLLECTION Of FACTS and OBSERVATIONS,
Principally relative to the various Branches of Natural His-
tory ; resulting from the Geological, Topographical, I3o_
tanical, Physiological, Mineralogical and Philosophical
Researches cf celebrated Modern 'Travellers in every quar-
ter o the Globe ; carefully translated, prepared, and re-
printed from the Works cf the most eminent Authors,
By FRANCIS BLAGDON,Esq.
Professor of the French, Italian, Spanish, • and German
Language%s.
N. B. As it may be imagined, from the size of the Volumes
above-mentioned, that they contain only an Abridged Trana-
lation,' it is necessary to 'state, that they comprise the whole
of the Original Work, which is told in London at the enor-
mous price of TWenty-one Guineas.
London : Printed for T. Ridgway,Ykk-street, St. Tames's-
square ' - H. D. Symonds, No. ao, Paternoster-row; and may
be lied of ail the Bookteliert, Stationers, and Dealers us
NewspaperS, in G Teat Britaih and Ireland.
TO THE PUBLIC.
• " 0 none tolit pnncqum, qui misetait utile dulci."—Hof;.
If the opinion co-- 7-erdarace, that the man who haS succeeded
in a coml.iination of the useful with the agreeable, has earned •
every polnt, be cone& the Editor of the present Publica-
tion has every-- thing to hope, and nothing to fear. • But though
confidenn he would not be thought assuming ; he would not
wish to obtrude his labours on the Public, without assigning
" their motive and elei'rend."
The principal subject of complaint against the most repot-,'
able Travellers has been,' that each having. had. a oredileetion
• for a specific object, or branch of study, has paid too strict a
degree olattentien to that branch in particular; but-whatever
may have been the primary objed of the Traveller, 'whether;
s attention have been directed to Physiological Investigation
or Antiquarian Research ; to the examination of the Vege-
table Kingdom, to the scrutiny of Mineral Wonders, or to •
--Nautical Illustration, his' Performance must. be the result ofe
labour and refledion, and his liberal exertions are equally de-
serving of public approbation and encouragement: It is uni-
versally admitted, that no Books are so completely` calculated
to afford/instruction and entertainment, front the trignitude.'
of the objects they embrace, as those of Travels in distant'.
climates ; for by the perusal of their general contents, rode_.
pendently of the portion devoted to Scientific Inquiries, a
contrast is formed with the Habits and Customs of
.our Na-
tive Land ;. and thus the Juvenile Mind, instead of becoming
'‘.!ahtraCted and prejudiced, is ' accustomed to relied with ad-
vantage on the diflerent shades of Human Nature, and to re-
concile itS Mainers ha various parts of the World. So firmly,
indeed, 'have Men of learning been impressed with this opi-
Mon, that they have frequently insisted on the utility of all
Books of Travels, however inadequate their Authors mayo
have been to the task of observing Nature. How much su-
perior then must be those Works, which have not only ex-
cited an interest in the Country where they were first sub-
mitted to public inspection, but have beets deemed worthy
of being translated into almost every Language, and dispersed
througl'iout every Country, in Europe!
. Tb: importance, theiefore, of Voyages and Travels, on the
veracity of which reliance may be placed, and their vast uti- '
?qty to the Rising Generation, es well as to Society at large,
so obvious, that any farther remarks in support of them
would not only be superfluous, but impertinent.
Rut notwithstanding the immense advantages resulting
- from produelions of this nature, there have hitherto been
certain obstacles to the propagation of their contents, which
-might justly have been considered insurmountable. The
abolition of such impediments to real knowiedgr, we hOldly
and, unequivocally assert, will be et-fee-led by the publication
of the present Edition : and hence we have every reason to
• hope toad it will form a desideratum in British Literature.
The consequence of Travellers having too far extended
. their remarks on particular subjects or branches of science,
has been, that they have sometimes found it necessary to
curtail the general information which migikt have been ex-
pected ; or it they have inserted the latter, the size of the
Volumeohas been so far extended, as to render its publica-
tion at a moderate expence utterly impracticable. On the
• other hand, the publishing of works of real merit on a large
scale, and attended with overstrained embellishments of the
gtaphic and typographic arts, has been the means of intro-
clueing such Editions 'to splendid and expensive libraries 4
only; while the enormous price of the Volumes renders
them unattainable by the most numerous part of society. On -
this subjed, the public complaint has beets appropriately
expressed in the words of Juvenal :
" Scire volunt omnes, mercedem solvere nelno."
To remedy this most serious inconvenience, the Editor has
thought, that by printing his Edition in ail the beauty of
Typography, together with the convwsienc. of portability, •
and also • by condensing, in a very tew instances only, such
matter in site Original Works as may be conceived -generally
uninteresting, he should be enabled to publish, in a regular
Series of Volumes, a complete and extensive Collection of
Tarts and Observations, adapted to the present state of Li-
terature and Science ; a Collection which, while it is calcu-
lated for the information of the Nation at large, will not
discredit the patronage of Princes ; for, by a strict attention
to the double cbjett of elegance and economy, he will be
aisle to,prescut the most superb works that have been pub-
lished in every European language, at a price which can
neither be telt nor regretted by any enlightened
whatever may be his rank in society.
it may here be necessary to give the following outline of

CONDIT!ONS. •
I. This Work will be printed in the Odo-decimoi or Pocket-
size, containing thirty-six pages in -a sheet, with a New
Type, and on a fine woven 'Patler.
. A Volume, containing, on an average, not less than Ten
Sheets, and not unfrequently Twelve and upwards, will
be published on the first day of every month.
111. With every Volume the most interesting Plates will
be given which have appeared in the original Works-;
such Plates being re-engraved expressly for. this Edition,
by the most celebrated Artists in the metropolis.
IV. The Work of every respedive Traveller will be corn.
pleted at the end of a Volume of this Edition ; so that the
Public will have the desirable privilege of purchasing those
Volumes which they may be inclined to prefer, without
being necessitated to continue the Series. (This Condition
is illustrated by the Translation of Denon, Nyhichfwill
form a complete Work, in two Pocket Volumes).
V. The utility of accurate Maps, to elucidate the difnrent.
routes through countries in a great degree unknown, is
too obvious to 'require the smallest comment. Hence,
whenever any of an authentic kind may be contained in
the larger Works, they will regularly be given in this Edi-
tion.
VI . Each Volume, printed in the manner above specified,
will be sold, at an aver..ge, at the very moderate I.lce of
ss. ; an additional charge being added only when rendered
necessary by the increased size of the Volume, or by an
extraordinary, number of Plates and Embellishments ;
and where no subjeCts are aftOrded tar the latter, the de-
ficiency will be supplied by an ulditiona/. quantiiyof Let..
ter-press. A few Ctipies ()leach Work will be printed on
• Royal Paper, with coloured plates,.
(0" I tis but justice to add, that although the most splen-
did and extensive Works-ever published in the United King-
dom will ultimately be comprised in this Undertaking, yet
it is by no means theintention of tie Editor to confine him-
self to this objett alone. Every Edition of Travels of ac-
knowledged merit which may henceinrth be published on
the Continent, will be 'expressly and iinmcdiately tranElat,_ll
for this Series. Hence it is confidently hoped, that the
prey( nt will form. the most; itnportat and Nilecl Colledion
of Modern Voyages and Travels that has ever appeared in the
, .
Eaglish language.
if.* On the Ist of December will be published, eMbellish-
tl with a capital MAP of Ar R ICA, and other 4ngravings,
ik rice .0 n y ss. ul board,s, Vol. of. G (,)LESE RRY's TRA-
VE LS through the WESTFAN PARTS of AFRICA;
vanslatee. by Mr. Blagdon exprOz;.sly for thi; Edition, from
ti c al Wort, just imported.-1,-Volume LI, will be pub-
l: hal on the tst i:rf January, IV,,A