Lot n° 710
Estimation :
600 - 800
EUR
Cape of Good Hope - Japan
THUNBERG (Carl... - Lot 710 - Briscadieu
Cape of Good Hope - Japan
THUNBERG (Carl Peter)
Voyages de C. P. Thunberg, au Japon, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, les îles de la Sonde, &c. Traduits, rédigés et augmentés... par L. Langles... et revus, quant à la partie d'Histoire Naturelle, par J. B. Lamarck Paris, Dandré, Garnery, Obré, an IV (1796).
4 volumes in-8: illustrated with a frontispiece portrait engraved by Née after Notté, and 28 plates hors texte (including 5 fold-outs and one double-page spread), some botanical (8/8/4/8).
Contemporary fawn roots calf, ornate smooth spines, red and black title-pieces with small red mosaic medallion for the tomaisons, fine gilt garland framing the boards, gilt roulettes on the edges and inside, gilt edges. A good copy.
First edition of the French translation in in-8 format.
Thunberg, a brilliant botanist and student of Linné, embarked in 1771 on a vessel of the Compagnie des Indes. After a three-year stay in Cape Town, he visited Java, Japan and Ceylon.
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