Lot n° 223
Estimation :
80 - 100
EUR
Asia - ORLÉANS (Henri d'). Du Tonkin aux Indes, January 1895 - Lot 223
Asia - ORLÉANS (Henri d'). Du Tonkin aux Indes, January 1895 - January 1896. Illustrations by G. Vuillier from photographs by the author. Engraving by J. Huyot. Maps and geographical appendix by Émile Roux, enseigne de vaisseau. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1898. Large in-4, (3) ff, 442 pp, (1) f., 5 plates out of text, red half-basin, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt title and ex-libris of the Bibliothèque géographique on the tail (period binding).
First edition, complete with 5 fold-out maps, numerous illustrations in the text.
Rubbed, scattered foxing.
The eldest son of the Duc de Chartres, Prince Henri d'Orléans undertook major voyages of exploration in Central Asia, East Africa, Ethiopia and Annam as a young man. (Cordier, Bibliotheca Indosinica, IV, 2438).
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