DE MAN, Jean Souvenirs d'un voyage aux îles Philippines.... Lot 1041
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DE MAN, Jean Souvenirs d'un voyage aux îles Philippines. Antwerp Stockmans & Moerincx 1875 8vo; 8 pl. (some spotting). Contemp. half black shagreen, flat spine (sl. rubbed). Very rare first edition of this relation of a travel from Marseille to Manila, 1870-1871, going through Aden, Ceylon, Singapore and Hong-Kong, apparently by a Antwerp botanist (cf. p. 217). Illustrated with 8 original albumen photographsincl. 3 reproductions of drawings, representing local population. Written for his friends and probably a limited edition, the book contains many picturesque anecdotes and ends with a presentation of the commercial and agricultural resources of the country, then ruled by Spain. Ref.Nardin Denis, Bibliographie des ouvrages en français sur les Philippines, n. 99. In:Archipel, volume 9, 1975, pp. 57-68. - Joseph, Steven F., Belgian photographic literature of the 19th c., 2015, n. 142. Prov. Henri vanden Hout (ms. dedication by the author dated Antwerp 1883). Joined: Worcester, D.C. - The Philippine Islands and their people [...]. New York, Macmillan Company, 1899. 8vo (occ. spotting, front flyleaf detached). Contemp. blue cloth (rubbed, hinges weakening). (2 vol.)
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