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305 - [TRAVEL - INDONESIA]. LAHURE, Félix-Corneille. Memoirs. The East Indies. The Island of Celebes.

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€100 - 150

Sale fees

27%

[TRAVEL - INDONESIA]. LAHURE, Félix-Corneille. Memoirs. The East Indies. The Island of Celebes. Brussels, La Librairie européenne C. Muquardt, and Leipzig, Merzbach & Falk, 1880. In-8, black half-shagreen, smooth spine decorated with double fillets, author’s name and title in gold, speckled edges (contemporary binding). 299 pp. and 1 f. of errata, Binding rubbed, upper cap missing and a slight crack beginning at the top joints, very few foxing spots. First edition of the memoirs of Baron Félix-Corneille Lahure (1800–1892), aide-de-camp to King Leopold I, recounting his service in the Dutch East Indies Army, his campaigns, and his extended stay in the Malay Archipelago and on the island of Celebes in the early 19th century. In particular, he describes the arrival in Java, the political situation in the colonies, British policy, the colonial regiments (Bengal Lancers, Hussars), as well as the uprisings and the geography of the Sunda Islands. A sturdy copy in a contemporary binding.

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Collectible Books - First Editions - Illustrated Editions - Bibliophilia
Monday, November 23
02:00 PM
82, rue Bonaparte
75006 Paris, France

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