- 87
Sonnerat, Pierre.
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine. Paris: chez l'auteur [&c.], 1782
- paper
First edition, 2 volumes, 4to (250 x 180mm.), half-titles, 138 hand-coloured engraved plates (of 140), 20 double-page, contemporary green morocco, covers with three gilt fillets, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, gilt edges, [Hill 1608; Lust 353; cf. Löwendahl 631 (8vo edition)], lacking plates 138 and 139, text slightly spotted, bindings rubbed in places, slight loss near head of one spine
Provenance
Bibliothèque de Mouchy, bookplate
Catalogue Note
"A celebrated classic of natural history exploration and discoveries in the Far East" (Hill). The first volume deals exclusively with India; the second with China, Pegu, Madagascar, Ceylon, Maldives, Malacca, Philippines, Moluccas, etc. The natural history of these countries is dealt with in the second part of volume 2 (where 2 plates in this copy have been cut out).