MACARTNEY , lord; CASTÉRA , J.(trad.)Livre Rare Book
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1798ref. PHO-1309Paris, F. Buisson, An 6 de la République (1798). 4 volumes in-8 (21x13,5cm) , relié plein cuir tacheté époque , dos lisse orné avec pièces de titre et de tomaison , tranches marbrées, coins et coiffes usés avec manque, charnière faible au tome 4, (4) viij, 515pp. et (4) 412pp. et (4) 399pp. et (4) 326pp. et (4) ij, 402pp. ; (2) , illustré de 4 frontispices et 3 grandes cartes dépliantes (déchirures sans manques) gravés par Tardieu l’Ainé , mouillure sur quelques pages au tome 1.
1804ref. PHO-2366Paris, Chez Buisson, 1804, in-4 (32x23,5cm), 2ff. et 41 planches dont 3 cartes (complet), reliure d’attente, étiquette au plat dans une pochette en toile bleu, réparations aux cartes.
1963ref. 59482Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Co. 1963. Thick 8vo. 12 425 1 pp. Double-page map. Quarter-black over red publisher’s cloth silver stars & lettering front cover & spine slight shelfwear rubbing w/ d.j. cover art by Robert Hallock minor dustsoiling toning to spine price-clipped still NF/VG copy inscribed by Colonel Wendell Welby Fertig 1900-1975 to Eric Offret 1949-1986 upon his graduation from high school in San Diego June 1967 “This is a part of the story of our effort in the Philippines. “Chief” can supply some details. It is a story of a fight against odds -- and we won!” First edition 2nd printing of this work detailing the efforts of self-promoted Brigadier General Fertig a reservist mining engineer who had assisted in the evacuations of Bataan and Corregidor who accepted the offer from Major General Sharp to oversee the resistance in Visayan-Mindanao to the Japanese invasion. Fertig linked up with Filipino-American Luis Morgan a local constabulary officer as Fertig attempted to manage the disparate groups of Filipino guerillas managing non-Americans including Australian soldiers a Syrian engineer and German soldier of fortune and negotiating between Filipino Christians and Lanao Moros. J.B. Lippincott Co., hardcover
ref. 13404Madrid, Tipografia sw Manuel G. Hernandez, 1887. 1 volume in-8, 409 pp., reliure ancinne demi-chagrin, plats cartonnés marbrés, très bon état. Ouvrage publié à Madrid, en langue espagnole.Très rare.
1930ref. 64636London UK: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. 1930. Thick 8vo. 317 1 pp. Photo frontisp. 15 photo plates. Green publisher’s cloth blue lettering & border ruling maps on endpapers slightly cocked slight occasional foxing very minor shelfwear w/ d.j. photo cover art minor chipping head & foot of spine dustsoiling edgewear small chip on back cover still a VG/VG- copy from the library of Claude Bridgland. First edition 1st printing stated of this rousing travelogue of the author’s “thrilling record of forty years’ adventures among the Igorote Head-hunters the Negrito Pygmies Aeta of Luzon whose poisoned arrows are the terror of the forests of Luzon the Dusun Python-hunters of the Borneo jungles the Corsairs and Sultans of the Sulu Sea and the Moro warriors of Mindanao.” Burdett b. 1864 was renowned for his pearling and smuggling expeditions gold mining in the Kimberley mines and extended expeditions into the Philippines Indonesia and across the South Pacific. Exceedingly scarce in original dustjacket. Herbert Jenkins, Ltd., hardcover
1944ref. 159501944. United States Marine Corps photo album 1944-1945 documenting Marine service in the Pacific Theater during the final campaigns against Japanese forces including visual evidence of combat environments military infrastructure and daily life during Allied advances toward the Philippines. Compiled by an active Marine the album records conditions faced by servicemen during a decisive phase of World War II when United States forces intensified operations to dismantle Japanese control across strategic island territories. The photographs show armed Marines in field settings encampments and operational zones alongside damaged urban structures marked by bullet impacts aircraft staged on active airfields and transportation along jungle rivers providing direct visual documentation of wartime movement occupation and destruction. Photograph album containing 93 silver gelatin photographs and approximately 30 postcards assembled by a United States Marine serving in the Pacific Theater. Images depict Marines in group portraits at base camps informal scenes of soldiers at rest and aircraft on airfields including fighter planes with visible nose art. Additional photographs document jungle landscapes river travel using local barges and built environments showing structural damage consistent with recent combat. The album includes interactions between American servicemen and local civilian populations as well as images of local animals such as dogs and monkeys. Postcards depict illustrated views of Marine bases and wartime scenes several addressed to the compiler's family in Georgia. Laid into the album are photographic negatives newspaper clippings reporting wartime developments military documents and a ribbon extending the documentary scope beyond the mounted photographs. Produced during the closing phase of World War II this album aligns with major United States Marine Corps operations supporting the liberation of the Philippines in 1944 and 1945 and the broader Allied campaign across the Pacific. Marine aviation and ground units operated from forward airfields and temporary encampments such as those depicted here sustaining continuous engagement with Japanese forces while navigating tropical terrain and heavily damaged urban zones. The inclusion of civilian encounters and informal group scenes adds dimension to the study of occupation dynamics and servicemen's daily routines within active war zones. Album pages detached from original ties with some tearing and evidence of missing photographs light wear throughout; overall fair to good. A substantial primary visual record of Marine experience during the final stage of the Pacific War. unknown
1944ref. 159501944. United States Marine Corps photo album 1944-1945 documenting Marine service in the Pacific Theater during the final campaigns against Japanese forces including visual evidence of combat environments military infrastructure and daily life during Allied advances toward the Philippines. Compiled by an active Marine the album records conditions faced by servicemen during a decisive phase of World War II when United States forces intensified operations to dismantle Japanese control across strategic island territories. The photographs show armed Marines in field settings encampments and operational zones alongside damaged urban structures marked by bullet impacts aircraft staged on active airfields and transportation along jungle rivers providing direct visual documentation of wartime movement occupation and destruction. Photograph album containing 93 silver gelatin photographs and approximately 30 postcards assembled by a United States Marine serving in the Pacific Theater. Images depict Marines in group portraits at base camps informal scenes of soldiers at rest and aircraft on airfields including fighter planes with visible nose art. Additional photographs document jungle landscapes river travel using local barges and built environments showing structural damage consistent with recent combat. The album includes interactions between American servicemen and local civilian populations as well as images of local animals such as dogs and monkeys. Postcards depict illustrated views of Marine bases and wartime scenes several addressed to the compiler's family in Georgia. Laid into the album are photographic negatives newspaper clippings reporting wartime developments military documents and a ribbon extending the documentary scope beyond the mounted photographs. Produced during the closing phase of World War II this album aligns with major United States Marine Corps operations supporting the liberation of the Philippines in 1944 and 1945 and the broader Allied campaign across the Pacific. Marine aviation and ground units operated from forward airfields and temporary encampments such as those depicted here sustaining continuous engagement with Japanese forces while navigating tropical terrain and heavily damaged urban zones. The inclusion of civilian encounters and informal group scenes adds dimension to the study of occupation dynamics and servicemen's daily routines within active war zones. Album pages detached from original ties with some tearing and evidence of missing photographs light wear throughout; overall fair to good. A substantial primary visual record of Marine experience during the final stage of the Pacific War. unknown books
1944ref. 224221944. Olson Laverne Edwin vernacular photo album circa 1944-1946 documents U.S. Navy enlisted service across the Philippines and Hawaii during the final phase of World War II and the immediate postwar occupation period providing direct visual and documentary evidence of military presence local communities and wartime social life in the Pacific Theater. The album is anchored by Olson's official U.S. Navy Certificate of Satisfactory Service confirming duty from December 18 1944 through April 23 1946 situating the material within the aftermath of the U.S. return to the Philippines following the Leyte landings and the transition into occupation and reconstruction. The photographs support research into Pacific War military infrastructure American servicemen's daily life and interactions with local populations in recently contested and strategically critical regions. Album titled "Snapshots: The Philippines and The Islands of Hawaii" compiled circa 1944-1946 contains 25 items: 23 silver gelatin photographs one wallet-sized U.S. Navy Certificate of Satisfactory Service and one Roosevelt Commemorative Birthday Ball exchange coupon dated January 30 1946. Album measures approximately 4.5 x 3.5 inches with most photographs approximately 4 x 2.5 inches. Images include candid and landscape views from the Philippines likely including Leyte depicting rural villages shoreline activity docked naval vessels and local labor such as fishing and canoe transport. One photograph shows a group of Filipino children and young men gathered along a beach while another captures men and boys navigating shallow coastal waters in a canoe. Hawaiian images include group recreation scenes and coastal landscapes reflecting off-duty life within a major U.S. naval hub. The Roosevelt Birthday Ball coupon printed with the slogan "Dance That Others May Walk" provided access to multiple Honolulu venues and connects the album to wartime charitable campaigns supporting polio treatment through organized social events. Created during the closing campaigns of the Pacific War and the first year of U.S. postwar presence in the Philippines the album situates an enlisted sailor within a broader military and geopolitical transformation that included amphibious warfare territorial reoccupation and the reestablishment of American administrative and logistical systems. The Philippines served as a critical site of both combat and reconstruction while Hawaii functioned as a central staging and support base for naval operations. The inclusion of both official documentation and leisure-related ephemera demonstrates how military service encompassed bureaucratic recordkeeping mobility across strategic locations and participation in organized morale and fundraising activities tied to the American home front. Light wear to album covers minor handling and edge wear to photographs with images remaining sharp; service certificate shows toning and wear; pages largely intact. Overall very good condition. unknown
1944ref. 224221944. Olson Laverne Edwin vernacular photo album circa 1944-1946 documents U.S. Navy enlisted service across the Philippines and Hawaii during the final phase of World War II and the immediate postwar occupation period providing direct visual and documentary evidence of military presence local communities and wartime social life in the Pacific Theater. The album is anchored by Olson's official U.S. Navy Certificate of Satisfactory Service confirming duty from December 18 1944 through April 23 1946 situating the material within the aftermath of the U.S. return to the Philippines following the Leyte landings and the transition into occupation and reconstruction. The photographs support research into Pacific War military infrastructure American servicemen's daily life and interactions with local populations in recently contested and strategically critical regions. Album titled "Snapshots: The Philippines and The Islands of Hawaii" compiled circa 1944-1946 contains 25 items: 23 silver gelatin photographs one wallet-sized U.S. Navy Certificate of Satisfactory Service and one Roosevelt Commemorative Birthday Ball exchange coupon dated January 30 1946. Album measures approximately 4.5 x 3.5 inches with most photographs approximately 4 x 2.5 inches. Images include candid and landscape views from the Philippines likely including Leyte depicting rural villages shoreline activity docked naval vessels and local labor such as fishing and canoe transport. One photograph shows a group of Filipino children and young men gathered along a beach while another captures men and boys navigating shallow coastal waters in a canoe. Hawaiian images include group recreation scenes and coastal landscapes reflecting off-duty life within a major U.S. naval hub. The Roosevelt Birthday Ball coupon printed with the slogan "Dance That Others May Walk" provided access to multiple Honolulu venues and connects the album to wartime charitable campaigns supporting polio treatment through organized social events. Created during the closing campaigns of the Pacific War and the first year of U.S. postwar presence in the Philippines the album situates an enlisted sailor within a broader military and geopolitical transformation that included amphibious warfare territorial reoccupation and the reestablishment of American administrative and logistical systems. The Philippines served as a critical site of both combat and reconstruction while Hawaii functioned as a central staging and support base for naval operations. The inclusion of both official documentation and leisure-related ephemera demonstrates how military service encompassed bureaucratic recordkeeping mobility across strategic locations and participation in organized morale and fundraising activities tied to the American home front. Light wear to album covers minor handling and edge wear to photographs with images remaining sharp; service certificate shows toning and wear; pages largely intact. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1839ref. PHO-1319Paris, Pourrat frères, 1839. 2 volumes in-8 (220x150), demi-basane maroquinée à grain long fauve , 2ff.-510pp.-1f. , 2ff.-547pp.-2ff. , illustré d’un frontispice et de 36 planches dont 19 en couleurs d’époque représentant des animaux, des poissons et des oiseaux, frottements aux plats , coins usés, très peu de rousseurs .
1707ref. PHO-767Amsterdam, Étienne Roger, 1707. 2 volumes in-12 (160x100) ,relié plein veau époque , dos à nerfs orné , tranches rouges , titre en rouge et noir , coiffes usées . 508pp-515pp illustré d’un frontispice et de 15 figures sur 10 planches .Ex-libris Mich Comitis vandalini Mniszech (1742-1806)
1782ref. PHO-10601782 , A Paris , Chez l'auteur & Froulé & Nyon, In-8 (150x225mm), xxij, 340pp. et (6) 376pp. et (6) 362pp.,illustré de 7 planches dépliantes gravées par Poison d’après l’auteur, relié plein veau marbré époque , dos lisse avec pièces de titre et tomaison vertes, tranches mouchetées rouges, filets sur les plats , dos frottés , coiffes et coins usés , petites rousseurs.
Ambas obras en un volumen, 18 x 12,5 cm., holandesa piel de época con tejuelo y puntas, la primera obra impresa en Madrid, Aribau y Cía., 1876, 321 págs. + 1 hoja. Y la segunda impresan también en Madrid, por Anllo y Rodríguez, 1877, XX + 307 págs. + 4 hojas. (Según Retana La crítica de este libro de F. Cañamaque cayó muy mal en Filipinas hasta el punto que las autoridades prohibieron la entrada y circulación del libro).
1905ref. 5191N.p. 1905. About very good. 3pp. rectos only. About 900 words. Folio. Typescript with manuscript corrections and notations. Light wear and soiling slight creasing. Together with two silver gelatin photographs. A short but interesting essay on the mountain city of Baguio. It reads a bit like a travel article or potential newspaper puff piece for tourism and has been edited by hand with manuscript notations and corrections. It opens "Somewhere 'round about Petersburg the Czar of the Russias has what he calls his winter palace; down in Indian the English have what they call Simla their summer capital and here we Americans have Baguio." The author goes on to discuss the oppression of the tropics and therefore the need for cooler cities to enable functional government discussing the needs of the "white man" for livable conditions in such a place: "In the Philippines there are some months of the year that are extraordinarily summer summer in all the sense that the word implies summer until one can't rest and do it comfortably. It is during this time that the summer capital comes in as a life-saving station for the overworked and rundown public servant and such others as care to take advantage of the rural pueblo. . drudging all year in a comparatively warm atmosphere and then to be hit with a blast that seems like a draft from the furnace of the place that has its main thoroughfare paved with good resolutions is more than the average Anglo-Saxon can stand." He continues: "Shortly after the arrival of the civil commission in the islands the Governor wasn't long in deciding.that the English were pretty wise in having their summer capitals. He also decided the Philippines must have one. It was necessary if the white man was to stay indefinitely." He describes the process of locating Baguio in the pine forests and establishing a small town there despite the lack of a road and precipitous ascent to the area: "The committee reported the climate fine incomparable just like that of the United States in late fall and that one had to sleep under heavy blankets at night to keep warm. . despite skepticism . it proved a fact and one that was a blessing. Think of the pleasure of residing in the Philippines where flies seldom bother where mosquitos as a rule are few where patent leather shoes never crack.and having a delightfully hilly resort not ninety miles away to go to when one's spleen enlarges from a languid life or the malaria attacks with unrelenting persistence." He goes on to note that it costs nearly as much to go to Baguio as it does to travel to China "so that its full benefit has not yet been felt by the more humble in life". The typescript is accompanied by two photographs of the Philippines one depicting a trail through a pine forest presumably around Baguio and the other showing a Filipino woman being carried by two Filipino men in a sedan chair. unknown
1931ref. 64637London UK: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. 1931. Thick 8vo. 320 pp. Photo frontisp. 15 photo plates. Green publisher’s cloth blue lettering & border ruling very slight shelfwear slight foxing to fore-edges w/ d.j. photo cover art minor chipping head of spine dustsoiling edgewear 1 minor closed tear still a NF/VG copy. First edition 1st printing stated of this follow-up travelogue recording his adventures in the Kimberley Gold Rush the pearl fisheries of the Indian Ocean coping with the Pirates of Panay hunting for sunken treasure and shocking discoveries in a supposed Indigenous “cannibal” cooking pot. Burdett b. 1864 was renowned for his pearling and natural history expeditions sailing through the Indian Ocean Indonesia and extended expeditions into the Philippines Indonesia and across the South Pacific. Exceedingly scarce in original dustjacket. Herbert Jenkins, Ltd., hardcover
1905ref. 5191N.p. 1905. About very good. 3pp. rectos only. About 900 words. Folio. Typescript with manuscript corrections and notations. Light wear and soiling slight creasing. Together with two silver gelatin photographs. A short but interesting essay on the mountain city of Baguio. It reads a bit like a travel article or potential newspaper puff piece for tourism and has been edited by hand with manuscript notations and corrections. It opens "Somewhere 'round about Petersburg the Czar of the Russias has what he calls his winter palace; down in Indian the English have what they call Simla their summer capital and here we Americans have Baguio." The author goes on to discuss the oppression of the tropics and therefore the need for cooler cities to enable functional government discussing the needs of the "white man" for livable conditions in such a place: "In the Philippines there are some months of the year that are extraordinarily summer summer in all the sense that the word implies summer until one can't rest and do it comfortably. It is during this time that the summer capital comes in as a life-saving station for the overworked and rundown public servant and such others as care to take advantage of the rural pueblo. . drudging all year in a comparatively warm atmosphere and then to be hit with a blast that seems like a draft from the furnace of the place that has its main thoroughfare paved with good resolutions is more than the average Anglo-Saxon can stand." He continues: "Shortly after the arrival of the civil commission in the islands the Governor wasn't long in deciding.that the English were pretty wise in having their summer capitals. He also decided the Philippines must have one. It was necessary if the white man was to stay indefinitely." He describes the process of locating Baguio in the pine forests and establishing a small town there despite the lack of a road and precipitous ascent to the area: "The committee reported the climate fine incomparable just like that of the United States in late fall and that one had to sleep under heavy blankets at night to keep warm. . despite skepticism . it proved a fact and one that was a blessing. Think of the pleasure of residing in the Philippines where flies seldom bother where mosquitos as a rule are few where patent leather shoes never crack.and having a delightfully hilly resort not ninety miles away to go to when one's spleen enlarges from a languid life or the malaria attacks with unrelenting persistence." He goes on to note that it costs nearly as much to go to Baguio as it does to travel to China "so that its full benefit has not yet been felt by the more humble in life". The typescript is accompanied by two photographs of the Philippines one depicting a trail through a pine forest presumably around Baguio and the other showing a Filipino woman being carried by two Filipino men in a sedan chair. unknown books
1715ref. PHO-1978Rouen : Jean-Baptiste Machuel le jeune, 1715. 4 volumes in-12 (160 x 97 mm). 3 frontispices gravés sur cuivre et 42 cartes, plans et figures dont de nombreux dépliants. Plein veau époque, dos à nerfs ornés avec tomaison et pièce de titre, tranches rouges. Tome 1, 7ffnch (préface)408pp-12ff (table), illustré d’un frontispice par Scotin le jeune, 3 cartes dont la mappemonde et 6 planches. Tome 2 ,2ff (titre et chapitre) 396pp-5ff (table), contient le traité des vents (p275), illustré d’un frontispice et 9 planches dont la rose des vents et les cartes des 2 hémisphères. Tome 3 ,393pp,5ff (table), illustré d’un frontispice par Scotin le jeune, 2 cartes et 6 planches. Tome 4, 20pp-381pp-8ff (table), illustré de 18 planches dont 3 cartes. L'illustration se compose de 3 titres-frontispices et de 42 planches hors texte, souvent dépliantes : mappemonde, cartes des différentes îles, profils de côtes, vues de ports (Manille, Bahia, Scio) et vues d'îles (Canaries, Cap Vert), monuments, Indiens, scènes de bataille, naufrage, flore (abricotier, cacaotier), oiseaux, poissons, insectes et une curieuse représentation de la « vache de la montagne ou cheval marin ».
1839ref. PHO-1115Paris, Pourrat frères, 1839. 2 volumes in-8 (220x150), demi veau vert contemporain, dos lisse orné avec pièces de titre et auteur , tomaison rouges ,petits frottements aux plats , manque de papier p299 avec atteinte et réparation p301,rousseurs ,mouillures. Édition originale, illustrée d'un portrait de l'auteur et 38 planches gravées sur cuivre et sous serpentes, dont 18 finement coloriées représentant des animaux, des poissons et des oiseaux.
ref. PD10Oblong Octavo album ca.182x295 cm or 7 ¼ x 11 ½ in. 30 card stock leaves with 2 free endpapers. With 105 original gelatin silver photographs including one loose from ca. 104x75 cm 4 x 3 in to 47x64 cm 1 ¾ x 2 ½ in. All photos with white ink captions in English on the mounts seven photos captioned in negatives some photos dated. Period dark green half leather binding with raised bands; guilt-tooled ornaments on the front cover and the spine. Seven photos missing one page lacks fragments at the right margin several pages with minor tears but otherwise a very good album with strong interesting photos. Historically interesting collection of original photographs mostly documenting the technical reconstruction of Manila’s communication networks after the end of World War II. As follows from the photographs the compiler was a technician or lineman with the U.S. Army Signal Corps. First stationed in Pittsburgh in 1943 he likely underwent specialized technical training at one of the city's industrial or academic centers before being deployed to Finschhafen New Guinea. There he was tasked with establishing the communications infrastructure for the Allied base following the recapture of the town from Japanese forces. Finally he was sent to Manila in the fall of 1945 where he assisted in the massive effort to reconstruct the city’s destroyed telephone and telegraph systems during the initial months of the post-war occupation. The album contains 105 rare early photographs from the Pacific Theatre with most images taken in Manila in the fall of 1945. The photos capture Japanese ships sunk by U.S. forces in Manila Bay and the city’s architecture before and after the artillery bombardment Escolta Street Jones Bridge the ruins of City Hall the University of the Philippines the Manila Hotel San Vicente de Paul Parish Department of Finance Building today’s National Museum of Anthropology Commerce & Agriculture Building today’s National Museum of Natural History and Legislative Building today’s National Museum of Fine Arts. Especially interesting are about fifteen candid photographs documenting the technical reconstruction of Manila’s communication networks. Outdoor scenes show the compiler’s companions with climbing spikes and safety belts repairing overhead trunk lines. Interior views depict a “Test Desk” with technicians both American and Philippian operating specialized consoles and patch cords the massive Main Distribution Frame MDF with thousands of line terminations and heavy power panel equipment. The series also includes several photographs from Clark Field showing “Ralph” and “Eddie” posing beside wrecked aircraft. The other interesting photos from the collection show “a Native of New Guinea” posing with American soldiers as well as the compiler and his friends in military uniforms in Finschhafen and Pittsburgh beside their tents barracks and orderly room. Overall historically interesting collection of original gelatin silver photographs illustrating rare scenes from the service of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. hardcover
1848ref. 24537Paris A. Franck 1848 in-4 demi-chagrin vert, dos à nerfs, caissons de filets et fleurons dorés au dos, tranches mouchetées [Rel. de l'époque], qqs très lég. épidermures et rouss. pâles éparses
1839ref. PHO-1704Paris, Pourrat frères, 1839. 2 volumes in-8 (220x150), plein veau raciné époque, dos lisse orné avec pièces de titre, auteur et tomaison, frises aux plats et aux coupes, , 2ff.-510pp.-1f. , 2ff.-547pp.-2ff. , illustré d’un frontispice et de 41 planches dont 19 en couleurs d’époque représentant des animaux, des poissons et des oiseaux, un cahier (tome 2) dérelié, 1 planche volante, petits frottements, 1 coin usé, quelques rousseurs .
Barcelona - Madrid, Instituto Padre Enrique Florez - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1957 - 1989. Cincuenta y tres volúmenes en 4to., con un promedio de 350 pp. por volúmen. Cubiertas originales.
1706ref. PHO-1901Amsterdam, Jacques Desbordes, 1706. 3 volumes in-12° (sur 3), 10ff-405pp-3pp (catalogue); 2ff-402pp-14ff( table) ; 4ff.-388pp.-10ff., illustré de 3 frontispices, 1 portrait et 30 (32) cartes et planches dépliantes dont une belle carte (25x36cm), manque la page de titre tome 1. Relié plein veau époque, dos à nerfs ornés avec pièce de titre et tomaison, tranches rouges, charnières frottées, début de fente (tome 1), coiffes usées, petit manque de cuir au dos, mouillure au tome 3, traces de restauration, manque la grande carte mais la carte de Ceylan est bien présente.
1781ref. 0042251781 Genève, Pellet, 1781. Dix volumes in-8 (130 X 207 mm) basane fauve marbrée, dos lisse orné à la grotesque de motifs dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison grenat et vert, coupes ornées d'une guirlande dorée, coiffes filetées, tranches jaspées (reliure de l'époque). Tome I : portrait, XVI pages de faux-titre, titre, avertissement et table, 348 pages, (1) f. d'errata, (2) tableaux dépliants ; Tome II : frontispice, XII pages de faux-titre, titre et table, 378 pages, (1) f. d'errata, (4) tableaux dépliants ; Tome III : frontispice, VII pages de faux-titre, titre et table, 372 pages, (1) f. d'errata ; Tome IV : frontispice, XII pages de faux-titre, titre et table, 308 pages, (1) f. d'errata, (3) tableaux dépliants ; Tome V : frontispice, VII pages de faux-titre, titre et table, 259 pages, (1) f. d'errata, (1) tableau dépliant ; Tome VI : frontispice, XII pages de faux-titre, titre et table, 308 pages, (1) f. d'errata ; Tome VII : frontispice, XVI pages de faux-titre, titre et table, 359 pages, (1) page d'errata, (5) tableaux dépliants ; Tome VIII : frontispice, XII pages de faux-titre, titre et table, 352 pages ; Tome IX : frontispice, VIII pages de faux-titre, titre et table, 262 pages, (1) f. blanc, (1) f. d'errata, (9) tableaux dépliants ; Tome X : frontispice, V pages de faux-titre, titre et table, 348 pages, (1) f. d'errata. Quelques petites restaurations à la reliure.
1810ref. PHO-1157Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1810. — Atlas in-4, (295x200) (2 ff.), 18 cartes et planches , la plupart dépliantes ,relié demi veau ,dos lisse avec fers de navire , manque au dos .
