Author: PALLEGOIX, JEAN BAPTISTE:
Title: Description du royaume Thai ou Siam comprenant la topographie, histoire naturelle, moeurs et coutumes, législation, commerce, industrie, langue, littérature, religion, annales des Thai et précis historique de la mission. Two volumes. Paris, se vend au profit de la mission de Siam, 1854.
Description: . 12mo. Pp. (iv), 488; (iv), 425. With one folding large map and 16 full page plates. Foxed. Contemporary blindstamped cloth ruled in gilt, calf spines richly decorated in gilt, marbled edges, extremities rubbed. Presentation copy. First edition. Jean Baptiste Pallegoix, French missionary, who spent more than 30 years in Siam. Cordier BI 735.

Keywords: Southeast Asia, siam, thailand, thai, travel, voyage, exploration, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, far east, east, eastern


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