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Lot n° 25

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French India. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, n.d. (1827 - 35). Two volumes in-folio of (2) ff, IV pp., 90 pl., (1)f.; 118 pp., (2) ff, 54 pl., each plate of the two volumes accompanied by a leaf of explanatory text, contemporary red half-round binding, spine spine decorated with nerves. First edition. 144 lithographed and colored plates. Superb work, the first French great book on India. Title addressed to Arthus Bertrand, conform to the BNF copy (cf. Colas, I, pp. 172-73). Some freckles. Tear without missing a leaf of text.