Author: [CEYLON / TEA]
Title: Manuel et catalogue officiels de la section de Ceylan. L'exposition de Paris, 1900. Colombo, George J.A. Skeen, Imprimerie Nationale, Ceylan, 1900.
Description: . Pp. xxiv, 166. With photogravure frontispiece (after a photo by Henry Cave), two colour lithographic maps, twenty-four plates after photos, numerous illustrations in the text. Original pictorial wrappers, green cloth spine, inside covers illustrated.Attractive and informative guide to the Ceylon Pavilion at the Paris World Fair of 1900. Contains information about the government, agriculture, exports, society, art and natural history, photography, etc. One chapter is devoted to the tea industry in the country. Lavishly illustrated. Rare.

Keywords: South Asia, ceylon, sri lanka, tea, asia, asie, asiatic, asien, travel, exploration, exhibition,


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