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984 - SONNERAT, Pierre Voyage aux Indes orientales et a la Chine, fait par ordre du roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781 [...]. Paris the Author, Froulé, Nyon & Barrois 1782 2 vol., 4to: xv-[1]-317-[1], [i-iv]-[8]-v/viii-298 pp.; 140 pl. (8 pp. of subscribers' list placed erroneously between the title and the table in vol. 2, part. +/- browned, foxing, occ. spotting). Contemp. tortoise shell calf, gilt-ruled boards, gilt-orn. 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, but also Madagascar and the Philippines i.a. by the French naturalist and explorer Sonnerat (1745-1815). Illustrated with 140 plates, most on double pages, after the author's drawings, depicting Indian scenes of everyday life, gods, religious ceremonies, musical instruments, animals, Tamil alphabet, indigenous people, etc. Complete with subscribers' list. Ref. Cordier, Sinica, 2102. - Nissen (IVB) 886. - Pritzel 8774. - Not in Chadenat. Prov. Georges Sohier (ms. entries in vol. 2 and bookpl. with ms. shelf-mark in each vol.).
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SONNERAT, Pierre Voyage aux Indes orientales et a la Chine, fait par ordre du roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781 [...]. Paris the Author, Froulé, Nyon & Barrois 1782 2 vol., 4to: xv-[1]-317-[1], [i-iv]-[8]-v/viii-298 pp.; 140 pl. (8 pp. of subscribers' list placed erroneously between the title and the table in vol. 2, part. +/- browned, foxing, occ. spotting). Contemp. tortoise shell calf, gilt-ruled boards, gilt-orn. 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, but also Madagascar and the Philippines i.a. by the French naturalist and explorer Sonnerat (1745-1815). Illustrated with 140 plates, most on double pages, after the author's drawings, depicting Indian scenes of everyday life, gods, religious ceremonies, musical instruments, animals, Tamil alphabet, indigenous people, etc. Complete with subscribers' list. Ref. Cordier, Sinica, 2102. - Nissen (IVB) 886. - Pritzel 8774. - Not in Chadenat. Prov. Georges Sohier (ms. entries in vol. 2 and bookpl. with ms. shelf-mark in each vol.).
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