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3 voll. in 8, pp. 416 + 411 + 624, mz. pelle co, angoli con tasselli e fregi al dorso, 313 tavv. f. t. + 4 carte. Traduzione di F. Falconetti.Nella collana: L'Universo o storia e descrizione di tutti i popoli ec. Opera con due legature differenti. Qualche difetto alle cerniere dei dorsi e segni a matita. Qualche macchia di inchiostro (5862/ TAHITI - TONGA - NUOVA ZELANDA - MELANESIA - POLINESIA - PAPUA - NUOVA GUINEA - FIJI - AUSTRALIA - MADAGASCAR - MALACCA - FORMOSA)
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this early account of the island of Nosy Be, off Madagascar, and of the voyage through Africa to reach it. 255 pp. From a large-paper edition of only 27 copies, THIS IS COPY NUMBER 1, ONE OF ONLY TWO COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Original wraps decorated with a color-printed map of Africa (including Madagascar). FINE AND BRIGHT. The justification clearly states that only the 27 large-paper copies constitute the true first edition. Such copies are extremely rare.
8vo, presentation inscription on front free endpaper "Presented to His Excellency Sir W. Gomm, by his most obedient humble servant L. Bouton, Sect. to the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences.", 2 folding lithograph plates at end of Mr. Carie's pump, 99, [1], xxiv, 100-187, xxv-lxx1, [1] pp., contemporary red morocco, gilt, hinges slightly rubbed, the upper cover with presentation inscription in gilt, with the armorial bookplate of Sir James Gomer Berry, a nice copy. Field Marshall Sir William M. Gomm was Governor of Mauritius, 1842-49. The text which is part in French and part in English includes a letter from the Hon. Mr. G. C. Cuninghame on the Dodo being on the islands of Mauritius, Bourbon, and Rodrigues, about 200 years previously (pp.91-93), and a fascinating discussion on how people and boats could have reached Madagascar from the Malays, with further interesting comments on the Malayan language (pp.136-148). Other interesting topics include the cultivation of canes at Bourbon Island, a new mode of preserving and cutting canes, the diseases of canes, preservation of the roots of the manioc, and electricity applied to the growth of plants.
français Sans date, XIXeme siècle. Fort in-12 non paginé (142 feuillets); reliure cuir teinté rouge, plats sur ais de bois. Ouvrage orné de 2 peintures en frontispice, texte en guèze calligraphié en rouge et noir.