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NEW AND ComPLETE corLEcTreN• OF MO,
13ER iv VOYAGZS AND TRAVELS;
(Including DF.NON's TRAVELS in EGYPT, PALL AS's
jOUI;NEY THROUGH RUSSIA, and CRAND-
eRE's and GOLBERY's TRAVELS in AFRICA,
published in Paris. It is also intended to comprise
coil-cc:} and full Translations 'of all Interesting Works of a
kind which may henceforth be published,on the
Continent, as well as a Re-publication of the laicst Pro-
ciunions of the most celebrated European Travellers.)
On Monday, Nov. i, iSoz, will be published,
Ilcgtntly printed in Two Pocket-Volumes, on Cream-
coloured woven Paper, and ornamented with a number of
beautiful Engravings ;, together with Two Correct Maps
of Upper and Lower Egypt (the same size as tho:;e in the
Original Edition), and other Embellishments, price only
103. in boards; or, on Royal Paper, Hot-pressed, with
Proof-impressions of the Plates, Coloured similar to the
Designs of the Author, price 543.
ENON's TRAVELS in EGYPT, being the
First of a Series of Volumes under the Title of

MODERN DISCOVERIES ;
Or, A CoLl.EcrioN of FAcrs and OBSERVATIONS,
Principally relative to the various Branches of Natural His-
tory ; resulting from the Geological, Topographical, Bo-
tanical, Phv ological, Mineralogical and Philosophical
Researches of celebrated Modern Travellers us every quar-
ter of the Globe ; carefully translated, prepared, and re-
printed from the Works of the roost eminent Authors,
By FRANCIS BLAGDON, Esq.
Professor of the French, Italian, Spanish, and German
Languages.
B. As it may be imagined, from the size of the Volumes
-above-mentioned, that they contain only an Abridged Trans-
lation, it is necessary to state, that they comprise the whole
of the Original Work, which is sold in London at the enor-
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'‘ Orone tulit ponehun, qui miscuit utile dulci."—Mott.
the opinion of lierv2c, that the man who has succeeded
in a combination of the u;;eful with the agreeable, has carried
v:ry point, be correct, the Editor of the present: Pubiica-
tien has every thing to hope, and nothing to tear. But though
confident, he would not be thought assuming ; he would not
wish' to obtrude his labours on the Public, without assigning
" thcir motive and their end."
The prit'eipal subject of complaint against the most repot-
kble TrayLilers has been, that each having had a predilection
fer a specilie objcct, or branch of study, has paid too strict a
degree 01. ttentioo to that branch it, particular; but whatever
in hva been the primary ohjeCt of the Traveller, whether
, attentien have been direeted to Physiological Investigation
r Antieuerian Research ; to the examination of the Vege-
table Knwelom, to the scrutiny of Mineral Wonders, or to
Nautical I I Instration, his Performance must be the result of
labeur anti retleaion, and his liberal exertions are equally' de-
serving of piihlh: approbation and encouragement. It is uni-
versally admitted, that ito Books are so completely calculated
to all-OM no:traction endlntertaiiiinent, from the magnitude
of the objecis they, embrace, as those of Travels in distant
climates ; fur by the perusal of their general contents, inde-
pendently of the portion devoted to Scientific I I,quiries, a
contrast is formed with the Habits and Customs of our Na-
tive Lund; and thus the Juvenile Mind, instead of becoming
contracted and prejudiced, is accustomed to reflect with ad_
vantage oil the difierent shades of Human Nature, and to re-
concile its Maeners in various parts of the World. So firmly,
indeed, have men of learning oeen impressed with this opi-
nion, that they have frequently insisted on the utility of all
Books of Travels, however inadequate their Authors may
have been to the task ofobservioo• Natore. How much su-
perior then must be those Works, whieh have not only ex-
cited an interest in the Country where they were first sub-
unitted to paolic inspeaion, but have been deemed worthy
of oeieg translated into almost every Lnguage, and dispersed
throughout every Country, in E.utehie !
The importance, th.iefore, of you ages and Travels, on the
veracoy of which reliance may be placed, and their vast uti-
lity to the Rising Ceneration, as well es to Society at hr4e,
are su orwehas, that any farther remarks in support of them
would not only be superftious, but impertinent.
But netwitlistandiint the immense advantages resulting
from prodoctions of this nature, there have hitherto been
certaiu obstacles ti the ptopagation of their conter.ts, which
might justly have b_eni consideiel msurniountahie. The
abolith-m of sueh impediments to real keowledge, ,ve boldly
and unequivocally assert, will be effected by the publication
of the present Edition : and heater we have every reason to
hope teat it will Won a desideratum in British Literature.
'Fite eoasequence of Travellers neving too far extended
their remarks on particular subjects er branches of science.
;gals been they 11,* os.cessary to
gthteral information which might have been ex_
phe&e.d ; or if they have inso;rted the latter, the see of the
Volume has been so tar extended, as to render its publica-
tion at a moderate ex pence utterly imprecticehle. On the
otner hand, the publishing Of WorK a of real merit 00 a large
scale, and attended with overstrained embellishments of the
graphic and typographic arts, has been the means of intro-
clueing suelt Edition.; to spice:nal and expensive libraries
only ; while the enorm,us price of the Voltimes renders
them unattainable be the most nomerotis mitt of society. On
this subjea, the public complaint has been appropriately
expressed in the words of I uvenal :
" Scire volunt omnos, mercedem solvere nemo."
To -remedy this most serious incon.eoleace, the Editor has
thought, that by printing his Edition in oil the beauty of
Typography, together with the convenienct of portability,
and also by condensing, in a 'Very few iustances only, such
matter in the Original Works as illay be .inceived generally
uninteresting, he should be enabled to publish, in a regular
Series of Volumes, a complete and ex ten,iye Collection oh
Farts and Observations, adapted' to the present state of Li_
teranire and Science ; a Collection 'which, while it is calcu-
lated for the intbrmation of the Nation at large, will not
discredit the patronage of Princes ; thr, by a strict attention
to the double object of elegance and economy, he will he
able to present the most superb works that halve been pub-
lished in every European language, at a price which can
neither be felt nor regretted by any enlightened individual,
whatever may he his rank in society.
It may here be necessary to give the following outline of
CON DiTiONS.
1. This Work will he printed in the 0 elo-deeinio, or Pocket-
size, containing thirty-six pages- in a sheet, with a New
Type, and on a fine woven Paper.
11. A Volume, containing, on an average, not less than Een
Sheets, and not unfroquomly 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 must celebrated Artist; in lie metropolis,
IV. _The Work of every respective Traveller will be coat-
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 he inclined to prefer, without
ltcing necessitated to continue the Series. (This Condition
is illustrated by the Translation of Denon, which will
form a complete Work, in two Pocket Volumes).
V. The utility of accurate Maps, to elucidate the different
. routes through countries in a great degree unknown, is
too obvious to require the smallest comment. - Hence,
whenever any of an authentiC kind may he contai:oed in
the larger Works, they will regularly be given in this
VI. Each Volume, printed in the manner above specified,
viii be sold, at an average, at the very moderato price of
; an additional charge being added Only when rendered
li(:COSSary by the Mei-eased seize of the Volurne, pr by an
extraordinary number of Plates and Embellishments ;
and where no subjects are atihried for the • hatter, the de.:
.ficieucy will be suppl'ed by all additional quantity of Let_
ter-press. A few Copies of each Work will he printed on
-
Royal Paper, with coloured Plates.
fr-rh I th; butt justice to add, that although, th^ most spied,
did and extensive Works ever published in the United King-
dom will ultimately be comprised in thin thidrtaking, yet
it is by no means the intehtion of the Editor to confine him-
self to this object alone. Every Edition of Travels of ac
knowledged merit which inev henceforth he published on
the Continent, will be expressly* and immediately translated
t"or this Series. Hence. it is confidently {loped, that the
present,wilt Mara}} the most important tool perfect'Colleelion
of Modern Voyages and Travels that has ever appeared in the
English language.
;t ti On the tst of Deeernber will be piblished, ornament,
ed with many superb Engravings, Vignettes, wc. Vol 'I. of
last. Travels, performed in the Years 1793 and 1;94;
in the Southern Provinces of the Ruesiati Empire, translated
l'y Mr Blagdon from- the original (;erman'''Editioo, lately
published on the Continent. will be ptlblinhed on
;st olianuary, Vol: 111. on tilc ist of February, and
IV. and last, on the tat of Maich, 11303.
B. .No other complete Edition of this Iffots can be
pnrchr:td for less than Six. Grtineas,