Brazil, Manila, Philippines, China ITIER... - Lot 601 - Briscadieu

Brazil, Manila, Philippines, China ITIER (Jules) Journal d'un Voyage en Chine en 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846. Paris, Dauvin et Fontaine, 1848. 3 volumes in-8; illustrated with 3 frontispieces, a color geological map of the Cape Town area, a plate of Chinese tunes and a fold-out table. Scattered foxing in places, a few stained leaves at the end of volumes 2 and 3 (angular margins at feet). ½ glazed contemporary fawn calf, spine ribbed, bronze title-pieces, gilt fillets, 4 caps torn off. Relation d'un voyage commercial en Chine. Delegated by the Ministers of Commerce and Finance, Jules Itier arrived in Macao in 1844, after an eight-month journey via Rio, Cape Town, Bourbon Island and Manila. Among the representatives of the major manufacturing cities exhibiting French products to Chinese traders, Itier (photographer) enjoyed great success with his display of daguerreotypes and electric batteries. By 1845, with most of the diplomats having returned to France, Itier and the various trade delegates were prospecting the markets of Southeast Asia, Canton and Hong Kong.