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London.: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans., 1855. First edition, Two volumes, pp.xii, 451, viii, 423, 24 (adverts). A good set in original green cloth, boards blind decorated. Lightly rubbed, corners bumped, spines bumped and faded. The head and foot of the spine of volume one has a few superficial tears to cloth, and rear inner hinge starting to separate. Previous owner's inscriptions to front end-papers. Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797 1858) was arguably the first full-time woman traveller: an adventurous Austrian, she dedicated the second half of her life entirely to travelling around the world, and published five works describing her journeys. This was her penultimate work and the last she would live to see, her final work being published posthumously in 1861. She was a budding amateur ethnographer and natural scientist, frequently sending samples back to European museums and discovered several new species. She would likely have become academically renowned had her membership to the Royal…
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A Lady's Second Journey Round the World: from London to the Cape of Good Hope, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Ceram, the Moluccas, etc. California, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and the United States.
by Pfeiffer, Ida
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Le Cambodge. I: Le Royaume Actuel. II: Les Provinces Siamoises. III: Le Groupe d'Angkor et l'Histoire.
by Aymonier, Étienne François
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Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1900-04. First edition, three volumes, 4to, pp.xxiii, [1], 478, 88 illustrations, 14 maps; 481, [1], errata leaf, 84 illustrations, 10 maps; 818, frontispiece, 59 illustrations, map. This set is heavy and may incur additional shipping charges. A very good set bound in later buckram, leather title labels on spine. Minor spotting to prelims. Etienne Aymonier (1844-1929), a French naval officer, was sent to Cochinchina in 1869. In 1871 he was appointed as one of the first Inspectors of indigenous affairs. He became deeply interested in Cambodian culture, studied the Cambodian language, and promoted the exploration of Khmer sites, particularly Angkor, begun by Delaporte and Harmand. He was appointed Resident at Phnom-Penh, 1879-81. In 1881 was charged with an archaeological mission to unexplored parts of Cambodia. Aymonier was the first archaeologist to carry out a comprehensive survey of the remains of Khmer civilization in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and southern Vietnam. This…
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Éloge de la Ville de Moukden et de ses Environs; Poeme composé par Kien-Long, Empereur de la Chine & de la Tartarie, actuellement régnant. Accompagné de Notes curieuses sur la Géographie, sur l'Histoire naturelle de la Tartarie Orientale, & sur les anciens usages des Chinois; composées par les Editeurs Chinois & Tartares. On y a joint une Piece de Vers sur le Thé, composé par le même Empereur.
by [Qianlong, Emperor of China, 1711-9]; Amiot, Jean Joseph Marie
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Paris: N.M. Tilliard; M. Deguignes, 1770. First edition, pp.xxiv, xxxviii, 381, [3, errata; approbation; privilege du Roi]. Text in French. A very good copy bound in contemporary calf, neatly re-backed, all edges red. Boards slightly rubbed and scuffed, end-papers toned, small label fixed to lower board. The first western translation of Qianlong's poem in praise of the capital of the Manchu dynasty, along with a smaller piece on Tea, also by the Emperor, to which is added numerous notes by the translator Amiot on geography, history, and customs to enable the work to be better understood and appreciated by Western readers. Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (17181793) was a French Jesuit missionary in Qing China, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, becoming a close confidant and official translator for Western languages. He is credited with largely expanding the West's understanding of China, being prolific in his time in translating Chinese works for the West, including the first ever…
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