VOYAGE AUTOUR du MONDE by Ludovic de Beauvoir 1873 Signed by Author 116 Plates

Description: VOYAGE AUTOUR du MONDE by Ludovic de Beauvoir 1873 Signed by Author 116 Plates POB#45506 TITLE: Voyage autour du monde : Australie, Java, Siam, Canton, Pékin, Yeddo, San Francisco AUTHOR: Ludovic de Beauvoir PUBLISHER: Paris: Henri Plon DATE: MDCCCLXXIII [1873]DESCRIPTION: [viii], 641, [2] pages. 29 cm. Added engraved title page. 116 engravings including color and folding maps. CONDITION NOTES: Near FINE. Lightly rubbed tips. Excellent page and cover attachment. Book seller pencil inscription on first fly page. Ink inscription on half title somewhat heavy and blotted through the verso of half title. Other pages fine and all maps properly folded. BINDING: Red morocco quarter over marbled boards..Warmly inscribed on half title page: "A Monsieur le Baron | Imbert de St. Amand | Hommage d'un lecteur bien | reconnaissant et d'un vrai ami | V. de Beauvoir" "To Baron Imbert de St. Amand, (thanks for a good lecture?) and a true friend, Vicount de Beauvoir" Ludovic de Beauvoir He was born in 1846 in Brussels into a noble family from the Orleans region. When he was only 19, he embarked with his childhood friend the Duke of Penthièvre on a trip around the world, which from 1865 to 1867, took him to Australia, to the Dutch East Indies (today now Indonesia), Siam (now Thailand), China, Japan and the United States. Upon his return in 1867, Beauvoir published the first two volumes of his travel relationship: Australia and Java, Siam, Canton, which met with enormous success. He recounts his arrival in Melbourne, his trips to Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales and talks about the Victoria gold mines. It tells of the great crocodile and rhino hunts in Java and describes the splendor of the princes' lifestyle and the nobility of Javanese dress. In Siam, Beauvoir witnesses strange ceremonies, including the king's cremation rites. After a brief stay in Hong Kong, he went to Macao, from where destitute Chinese left for California. In 1870-1871, Beauvoir participated in the Franco-German. He was awarded the Legion of Honor and entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He published the third volume of his trip around the world, Beijing, Yeddo, San Francisco, in 1872. There he gave all kinds of unusual details on China and Japan. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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