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Henri Plon, 1870. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. 4th edition. In French. With 40 photo-graveur plates. Worn foldout map.

Paris: Henri Plon, 1871. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 x 7 in. 451 pp. Green cloth spine with gilt titles, pebbled green cloth boards. Fold-out color map. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends bumped with some wear, covers very clean but rubbed. Spine very good with gilt bright. Binding tight and text unmarked, bright, a few pgs toned. There are a stamp and an oval paper label on the front pastedown and a contemporary PO's name on the ffep. The map is very good with some creases and an ink spot on the back. A scarce item. Text in French. Travel. RGR.

Paris: Henri Plon, 1869. Second Edition. Boards. Near Fine. Second Edition. 451, [1] pages. 4 1/2 x 6 7/8 inches. 1/4 leather over cloth boards (minor wear to high points). Spine red leather gilt, page edges speckled, marbled endpapers, green reading ribbon. Includes both the fold-out frontis and multi-fold colored map (minor tear near attachment point to book). Second edition noted on title page. Text in French. Boards. Assoc. Prof. Wening UDASMORO (Univ. of Gadjah Mada) in his article "Representing the Other: Marquis Ludovic de Beauvoir's Account of Nineteenth-Century Java" (ASIAN STUDIES: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, Volume 53: 2 (2017)) writes: "Marquis Ludovic de Beauvoir's travel report, A Voyage Round the World: Java, Siam, Canton (1870), has shown the author's nuanced perspective on Java. Despite his cultural background as a European, as well as the colonial system that he enjoyed, de Beauvoir partly diverted from the common narrative of indigenous peoples as primitive and… Read More

Paris: Plon. Near Fine. 1878. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. 1/2 red cloth, marbled boards & endpapers; 12 plate, one colored folded ap; raised bands; bookplate; very nice neat firm copy .

Paris: Plon, 1884. In 16, pp. (4) + 451 + (3) con tavv. e 1 carta top. a col. piu' volte rip. f. t. Br. ed.

Paris: Henri Plon, 1869. First Edition. 8vo. 451, (1) pp. 13 illustrated plates (including 3 fold-outs); large folding color map titled "Malaisie et Indochine Carte Speciale pour Java, Siam et Canton Voyage Autour du Monde par Le Comte de Beauvoir". Although the titles page states 14 photo-gravures are included, the Table of Gravures at rear lists only 13. Etched bookplate of Arnaudet showing an open book over which his decorative initials are inscribed, surrounded by the elongated letters of a latin motto 'nunquan amicorum'; designed by Félix Bracquemond. Contemporary tan cloth with black title label on spine, gilt lettering & decoration; original blue, red and black wrappers bound in. General soiling and wear; a very good copy. Count Ludovic de Beauvoir (1846 - 1929), was a French traveler of the19th century. When he was only 19 years old, he embarked with his childhood friend the Duke of Penthievre for a trip around the world, which from 1865 to 1867 led him to Australia, in the Dutch East… Read More

Paris.: Henri Plon.. Fifth Edition.. 1871.. 14 full page, some folding, engravings, some damp marks, soiling and occasional foxing in the margins bound in quarter Morocco, blind stamped cloth covered boards, worn at corners, leather rubbed, ex- libris stamps to the title-page, lacks the map but a good reference copy of the 1871 edition One of 3 volumes of this famous French voyager's travels. Also includes chapters on Hong Kong and Macao. .

Henri Plon, Imprimeur-Éditeur, Paris, 1872..

Paris: Plon, 1878. . Fort volume grand in-8, demi-chagrin rouge époque, dos à 4 nerfs, auteur et titre dorés, caissons ornés, tranches dorées (2 coins émoussés, accroc à une coupe, rares rouss. en marge).Nouvelle édition, illustrée de 360 gravures sur bois dans le texte..

Paris: Henri Plon, Imprimeur-Éditeur, 1872. half-title, double folding frontis. plate, folding colour map [fine] of Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, engraved by Erhard, 451pp, 13 plates, engraved by Deschamps after photographs. French text. 175x120mm. Bookbinders ticket 'Reliures Leon Vanier, 18 Quai, St Michel, Paris'. Full polished calf binding with gilt blocked titles with borders.All edges marbled with matching marbled end-papers. A lovely copy in fine condition. No inscriptions. Please email for photos. Count Ludovic de Beauvoir (1846 - 1929) was a French explorer of the 19th century.. sixth edition. Hardback. Fine. 8vo.