1780 1st ed Complete La Harpe Voyages 82 Engravings Illustrated ASIA 21v SET
An incredible, complete 21-volume set of La Harpe’s voyages!
Jean-François de La Harpe (1739 – 1803) was a French playwright, writer and literary critic.
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1780 1st ed Complete La Harpe Voyages 82 Engravings Illustrated ASIA 21v SET
INCONIC SET Famous Explorers Navigators Capt Cook
An incredible, complete 21-volume set of La Harpe’s voyages!
Jean-François de La Harpe (1739 – 1803) was a French playwright, writer and literary critic.
We find other examples of this same complete set for sale elsewhere for over $14,600!
Main author: Jean-François de La Harpe
Other names: Bernard Direxit (illust.); abbe Prevost; Victor Delpueche de Comeiras
Title: Abrégé de l’Histoire générale des voyages : contenant ce qu’il y a de plus remarquable, de plus utile & de mieux avéré dans les pays où les voyageurs ont pénétre : les mœurs des habitans, les religion, les usages, arts & sciences, commerce, manufactures : enrichie de cartes géographiques & de figures.
Published: A Paris : Hôtel de Thou …, 1780.
Language: French
Notes & contents:
- 1st edition
- Complete 21 volume set
- Illustrated with all 82 full-page engravings
- (see below for complete description of each tome)
- Leather binding with tome number on each spine
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Pages: complete with all pages; plus indexes, prefaces, and such
Publisher: A Paris : Hôtel de Thou …, 1780.
Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)
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List of illustrated contents from each volume
Tome I
– Baptism of the King of Congo
– Audience of Samorin
– King of Kochi on his elephant
– Boats on the Malabar Coast – India
– Siege of Diu (battle scene)
– Circumcision of the King of Bantam
– Feast of the Governor of Mocka
– Burial caves of Guanches (Canary Islands)
Tome 2
– Negros of Kachao and Bissao (Guinea-Bissau)
– Negros playing the balafon (xylophone-like instrument)
– Circumcisions of Negros
– Fish of Sierra-Leon
Tome 3
– Negros of Kachao and Bissao (Guinea-Bissau)
– Negros playing the balafon (xylophone-like instrument)
– Circumcisions of Negros
– Fish of Sierra-Leon
Tome 4
– Chingulais burning the dead
– Executions: trample by elephant; hanging
– Radga Singa, King of Candy – in the island of Ceylon
– Various species of Monkeys on the island of Ceylon
– King d’Achem
– Men and Women of the island of Java
– Ambon Island weapons of war
Tome 5
– Princess du Nabab, Mother of Arcot
– Different kinds of fakirs
– Shah Jahan – Mughal Emperor of India
– Princess Jahanara Begum Sahib, daughter of Shah Jahan
– Court of Great Mogul (foldout)
– Roshanara Begum – Princess of the Mughal Empire, second daughter of Shah Jahan
Tome 6
– Grand royalty of Tonkin
– Mandarin and Siamese woman and child
Tome 7
– Clothing of Chinese Emperors
– Chinese women
– Chinese actors
– Chinese funeral procession (foldout)
– Chinese feasts of the dead in a garden
– Mandarin military and civilian men : Tartary and Chinese
Tome 8
– Chinese monks and priests
– Oriental archers from Tartary
– Women from Northern Tartary
– Tartary men on horseback (cattle)
– Dalai Lama and the King of Tangut (Tibet)
– Dalai Lama consults the fate of a child
– Uzbekistani & Turkish people
Tome 9
– Decorative clothing of Siberian women
– Other clothes of Siberian women
Tome 10
– Indians offering gifts to Christopher Columbus (folding)
– Marina, and other women, greet Cortez (folding)
Tome 11
– Amusements/Dancing of the Emperor after his dinner (folding)
– Huitzilopochtli : Principle idol of Mexico (Aztec)
– Cemetery of Sacrifices (folding)
Tome 12
– Men and Woman of South America : Lima woman; Man from Spain visiting Peru
– Various people from South America : Quito etc..
– Incan wedding ceremony (folding)
Tome 13
– Native man and woman from Guiana – Akoquoa, Palikour
Tome 14
– Floridian homes
– Eskimos from the North-West near Hudson Bay : Eskimo canoe
Tome 15
– Caribbean man and woman
Tome 16
Tome 17
– Clothing of women from Kamchatka (2 plates)
– Kamchatkan home during the winter
– Drying and preparing fish in Kamchatka
Tome 18
– Greenlandic clothing
Tome 19
– Meeting of Commodore Byron with the Patagonians (folding)
– View of natives and their huts (folding)
– Captain Wallis meeting Queen Oberea on Tahiti (folding)
– View of several boats near the island of Tahiti (folding)
Tome 20
– Head Warrior from New Zealand
– Pirogue of War; New Zealand battle boat (folding)
– Indoor dance of the Island of Ulietea (folding)
– Landing of Middleburgh on the Island of Amis/Tonga (folding)
Tome 21
– Man from Easter Island
– Chief from St. Christine Island
– Naval fleet from Tahiti (folding)
– The Landing at Erramanga one of the New Hebrides (folding)
– Indigenous musical examples (p.404ff)
Category
Voyages & Exploration & Maps
Authors
Jean-François de La Harpe
Printing Date
18th Century
Language
French
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Good
Collation
Complete