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984 - SONNERAT, Pierre, *Journey to the East Indies and China, Undertaken by Order of the King, from 1774 to 1781* [...]. Paris: the Author, Froulé, Nyon & Barrois, 1782, 2 vols., 4to: xv-[1]-317-[1], [i-iv]-[8]-v/viii-298 pp.; 140 plates (8 pp. of the subscribers’ list erroneously placed between the title page and the table of contents in vol. 2; pages partly browned, foxing, occasional spotting). Contemporary tortoiseshell calf, gilt-ruled boards, gilt-ornamented spines with raised bands and green title labels, marbled edges (endcaps partly missing, rubbing, some scratches caused by marbling, bumped corners). First edition of the travels to India, China, as well as Madagascar and the Philippines, among other places, by the French naturalist and explorer Sonnerat (1745–1815). Illustrated with 140 plates, most on double pages, based on the author’s drawings, depicting scenes of everyday life in India, gods, religious ceremonies, musical instruments, animals, the Tamil alphabet, indigenous peoples, etc. Complete with a list of subscribers. Ref. Cordier, Sinica, 2102. - Nissen (IVB) 886. - Pritzel 8774. - Not in Chadenat. Formerly owned by Georges Sohier (handwritten entries in vol. 2 and bookplates with handwritten shelf marks in each volume).
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SONNERAT, Pierre, *Journey to the East Indies and China, Undertaken by Order of the King, from 1774 to 1781* [...]. Paris: the Author, Froulé, Nyon & Barrois, 1782, 2 vols., 4to: xv-[1]-317-[1], [i-iv]-[8]-v/viii-298 pp.; 140 plates (8 pp. of the subscribers’ list erroneously placed between the title page and the table of contents in vol. 2; pages partly browned, foxing, occasional spotting). Contemporary tortoiseshell calf, gilt-ruled boards, gilt-ornamented spines with raised bands and green title labels, marbled edges (endcaps partly missing, rubbing, some scratches caused by marbling, bumped corners). First edition of the travels to India, China, as well as Madagascar and the Philippines, among other places, by the French naturalist and explorer Sonnerat (1745–1815). Illustrated with 140 plates, most on double pages, based on the author’s drawings, depicting scenes of everyday life in India, gods, religious ceremonies, musical instruments, animals, the Tamil alphabet, indigenous peoples, etc. Complete with a list of subscribers. Ref. Cordier, Sinica, 2102. - Nissen (IVB) 886. - Pritzel 8774. - Not in Chadenat. Formerly owned by Georges Sohier (handwritten entries in vol. 2 and bookplates with handwritten shelf marks in each volume).
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