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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
2-Aug-2014
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Description:
Books Siam, Java & China (3). De Choisy, l'Abbe. Journal du Voyage de Siam. Fait en 1685 & 1686. Precede d'une etude par Maurice Garcon sur le Siam et Choisy.Paris, Duchartre & Van Buggenhoudt, 1930.16 plates, (46),296,(4)pp., edges untrimmed, square 8vo., recently bound in marbled boards, morocco spine, vellum tips. a attractive copy; Raffles, Thomas Stamford. the History of Java. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, 1965. a facsimile of the first edition of 1817. Two volumes. 66 plates, 10 in colour, vignettes, large folding map, [10], xlviii,479 & viii,288,cclx pp., 4to., blue cloth, original clear mylar dustwrappers, 2 vols. together in publisher's slipcase labelled on spine. the top and bottom spine joints of the slipcase are cracked, otherwise the set is in fine condition. An excellent facsimile; Boxer, C.R. (Editor). South China in the Sixteenth century: Being the Narratives of Galeote Pereira, Fr Gaspar da Cruz Op, Fr Martin de Rada Oesa (1550-1575) London, Hakluyt Society, 1953. second Series, No.Cvi.12 plates and illustrations, 8 maps (3 folding), xci,388pp., appendix, bibliography, glossary, 8vo. publisher's blue cloth.
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Unclassified