First edition

MAISTRE DE LA TOUR

Histoire d'Ayder-Ali-Khan, ou nouveaux mémoires sur l'Inde

Chez Cailleau, à Paris 1783, In-12 (10x16,5cm), xij, 282pp. et (4) 201pp. (3), relié.

First edition, rare, illustrated with a folding map in color.
Bindings full brown marbled vintage brown sheepskin. Ornate smooth backs. Title and volume pieces in red morocco. Headdress of Volume 2 slightly frayed. Small lack at the head of the volume 1. Blunted corners and a little cropped.

1 200 €

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Baron de BAYE

A travers quelques villes historiques de la Russie, souvenirs d'une mission

Lib. Nilsson, Paris 1901, 16,5x25,5cm, broché.

First Edition printed in small numbers of this reprint from the Revue de Geography of April and May 1901.
Illustrated brochure of 23 inset photographs.
Back and flat marginally discolored and insolated as generally, small punctures and angular tears on the boards, pleasant interior state.

50 €

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Maurice DUBOURG

Un aventurier périgordin en Indochine : Georges Bloy, frère de Léon Bloy

J. Peyronnet & Cie, Paris 1950, 12x19cm, broché.

first edition printed with 1000 numbered copies on Alfa paper.
Duplicated and signed autograph tribute by Maurice Dubourg.
In frontispiece, a photographic portrait of Geroges Bloy.
Small scattered foxing.

50 €

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COLLECTIF & Armand LOISELEUR DESLONGCHAMPS

Manava-Dharma-Sastra. Lois de Manu, comprenant les institutions religieuses et civiles des Indiens.

Hachette & Cie, Paris 1865, 15,5x24,5cm, relié.

first edition of the Sanscrit translation in French by Armand Loiseleur Deslongchamps.
Binding to the bradel in full cardboard covered with marbled paper, smooth back, piece of title of red shagreen, some rubbings on the back, a scratch on the first flat, corners blunt.
Foots in feet of [...]

120 €

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Pierre SONNERAT

Voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781 : Dans Lequel on Traite Des ...

Chez l'auteur & Froulé & Nyon, à Paris 1782, In-8 (14x22cm), xxij, 340pp. et (6) 376pp. et (6) 362pp., 3 volumes reliés.

first edition illustrated with 7 folding boards.
Bindings in half emerald slightly posterior. Smooth back with 4 irons and castors. Title and tomato pieces in red morocco.

1 800 €

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Charles de COURCY

Tableau religieux et politique de l'Indostan, ou précis historique des révolutions de l'Inde, où ...

Chez Marchant, à Paris 1803, In-8 (12,5x20cm), (4) xxiij, 472pp., relié.

Edition originale, rare. L'ouvrage est suivi de deux mémoires présentés en 1781, à Louis XVI, par l'auteur de cet ouvrage, contenant un plan pour anéantir la puissance anglaise dans l'Inde, et d'un troisième sur les moyens actuels d'y parvenir encore.

Reliure en plein veau raciné [...]

650 €

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Pierre GUASTALLA, André BEUCLER

Caucase

Emile-Paul frères, Paris 1931, 14,5x21cm, broché.

First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on vellum Lafuma.
Book illustrated with a frontispiece of Pierre Guastalla.
Pleasant copy despite a few minor bites.

30 €

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Daniel REAL

Tissus des Indes néerlandaises

Librairie des Arts décoratifs , Paris s.d. (circa 1930), 25,5x33cm, en feuilles.

first edition.
Good book full of his 49 boards inset with 6 colors.
spine and boards of the shirt slightly and marginally discolored and insolated as usually.

150 €

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