{"product_id":"delessert-souvenirs-voyage-1843-first-edition-117255","title":"Souvenirs d'un Voyage dans L'Inde","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eDelessert, a French explorer and naturalist, travelled through Mauritius, Reunion Island, Penang, Pondicherry, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Java, and Madras with fellow French explorer and naturalist Perrottet. This work is an account of his travels and the colour plates include charming bird studies after drawings by J.G. Prêtre who also contributed the illustrations of butterflies. On his travels he discovered several new species including the Wayanad laughingthrush.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition; 2 parts in one, 4to (25 x 19 cm); 8 lithographed views, some browned and spotted, 27 natural history plates of which 24 hand-coloured, one folding map at rear, light spotting to the map; bound in contemporary green morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt lettered and decorated, decorated endpapers, a very good copy; iii, 134, 107pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"DELESSERT, Adolphe.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56987777368439,"sku":"117255","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/117255_9c571c3b-4f95-49e0-85bf-393f9a6d8bd3.jpg?v=1784624054","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/delessert-souvenirs-voyage-1843-first-edition-117255","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}