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• Auction House:
  Davidson Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Estate & Collector
• Sale Date:
  02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
  02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326
• Lot #:
  1148
• Lot Description:
  Books Siam, Java & China (3)
  De CHOISY, l'Abbe. Journal du Voyage de Siam. Fait en 1685 & 1686. Precede d'une etude par Maurice Garcon sur le Siam et Choisy.Paris, Duchartre & Van Buggenhoudt, 1930.16 plates, (46),296,(4)pp., edges untrimmed, square 8vo., recently bound in marbled boards, morocco spine, vellum tips. A attractive copy; RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford. The History of Java. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, 1965. A facsimile of the first edition of 1817. Two volumes. 66 plates, 10 in colour, vignettes, large folding map, [10], xlviii,479 & viii,288,cclx pp., 4to., blue cloth, original clear mylar dustwrappers, 2 vols. together in publisher's slipcase labelled on spine. The top and bottom spine joints of the slipcase are cracked, otherwise the set is in fine condition. An excellent facsimile; BOXER, C.R. (Editor). South China in the Sixteenth Century: Being the Narratives of Galeote Pereira, Fr Gaspar da Cruz OP, Fr Martin de Rada OESA (1550-1575) London, Hakluyt Society, 1953. Second Series , No.CV
• Estimate:
  A$250 - 350
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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