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Sonnerat, P.
Reise nach Ostindien und China, 2 Bde. 1783
Estimate:
€ 1,500 / $ 1,605 Sold:
€ 2,280 / $ 2,439 (incl. surcharge)
Cordier, Sinica III, 2102. - Möllendorf 1474. - Walravens 196. - Griep/Luber 1309. - Nissen, Vogelb. 886. - Fromm 24492. - Leemann-van Elck p. 174. - First German edition of the account of the second journey of the French voyager and natural scientist Sonnerat (1745-1814), published one year after the French orig. edition. - The vols. cover, among others, the coasts of Koromandel and Malabar, Surat, Chine, the Philipines, Madagascar and Ceylon as well as the people of India and China. The plates show, among others, natives, agriculture, crafts, fauna (especially birds) and flora, coins and much more. - "The account of the author's observations on the inhabitants of various countries in the Orient, and of the natural history of the same regions ... Numerous species are described and figured for the first time" (Zimmer p. 597). - Inner board with stamped bookplate. binding wormed, 1 outer joint torn, 1 spine end blemished. - Inside clean, barely stained copy. From the library of the Earl of Blome (engr. armorial bookplate).
First German edition. With 2 engr. title vignettes and 140 copperplates. Contemp. calf. - Pastedowns with stamped ex libris. Binding with wormholes, 1 outer joint torn, 1 extremity of spine damaged. Inside fine and nearly stainless copy. From the library of Earl of Blome (engr. armorial ex libris).
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Sonnerat, P.
Reise nach Ostindien und China, 2 Bde. 1783
Estimate:
€ 1,500 / $ 1,605 Sold:
€ 2,280 / $ 2,439 (incl. surcharge)
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