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Wertvolle Bücher, Graphik, Historische Photographie
Friday, 24 October 2025 at 11:00 am Lose 1- 1105
Saturday, 25 October 2025 at 11:00 am Lose 1106-2003
Lot 1659 Thomas Forrest. Voyage aux Moluques et a la …
Voyage aux Moluques et a la Nouvelle Guinée, fait sur la galere La Tartare en 1774, 1775 & 1776 par ordre de la Compagnie Angloise. Mit 1 gefalt. Kupferkarte u. 27 teils gefalt. Kupfertafeln. Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1780. 3 Bll., 470 S., 1 Bl. 4°. Ldr. d. Zt. mit RSchild u. reicher RVerg. (nur minimal berieben).
Südost-Asien - Indonesien - Philippinen
Geographie und Reisen – Erste franz. Ausgabe. - Graesse II, 616. - Henze II, 261. - vgl. Eutiner Landesbibl. I, 436 (engl. Ausgabe): "Kapitän Forrest erkundete im Dienst der Englisch-Ostindischen Compagnie in den Jahren 1774-76 zahlreiche indonesische und philippinische Inseln. Er war 1770 beauftragt worden, auf Balambangan neue Kolonien anzulegen. Die mehr als zweijährige Reise führte in einem winzigen Schiff durch die südostasiatischen Küstengewässer. Forrests Bericht zeichnet u.a. auch die Entdeckungsgeschichte Ostindiens und die konkurrierenden europäischen Handelsinteressen nach." - "Sein 1779 erschienenes Reisewerk brachte vielerlei Neues über den O Insulindes ... und besondere Bedeutung kommt ihm zu als 'Erstem genauen Beobachter von Neu-Guinea'" (Henze). - Mit dem häufig fehlenden "Vocabulaire des la langue Magindano". - Die Tafeln mit Karten, Ansichten und völkerkundlichen Darstellungen. - Etwas gebräunt bzw. etwas fleckig, bis etwa S. 40 stärker, die Tafeln etwas gebräunt bzw. braunfleckig, sonst meistens wohlerhalten.
Geography and Travel – Southeast Asia - South Seas - Moluccas - New Guinea. - First French edition. - Contains the often missing "Vocabulaire des la Langue Magindano". - With 1 folded copper engraving map and 27 (some folded) copper engraving plates. - Contemp. calf, label and gilt to spine (minimally rubbed). - "Captain Forrest explored numerous Indonesian and Philippine islands in the service of the English East India Company in 1774-76. In 1770 he was commissioned to establish new colonies on Balambangan. The voyage, which lasted more than two years, took him in a tiny ship through the coastal waters of Southeast Asia. Forrest's report also traces, among other things, the history of the discovery of East India and the competing European trade interests". - His travelogue, published in 1779, brought many new facts about the O Insulindes ... and he is of special importance as the 'first precise observer of New Guinea'". (Henze). The plates with maps, views and ethnographic illustrations. - Somewhat browned and somewhat stained, heavier up to about p. 40, the plates somewhat browned resp. brown-stained, otherwise mostly in good condition.
Startprice: 600 €
Estimate: 800 €
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