168开奖官方开奖网站查询

Lot 334
  • 334

Apres de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste d'

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
Log in to view results
bidding is closed

Description

  • Instructions de Daprès sur la Navigation des Indes Orientales. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1819
  • paper
8vo (218 x 139mm.), half-title, contemporary crimson roan, spine richly gilt with fleur-de-lys devices at centre of each compartment, dark green moiré silk endpapers with gilt dentelles, sides with wide gilt borders, Bourbon arms of Louis Philippe in gilt at centre of each side, title-page slightly smaller than text block, small marginal flaw to leaf M, minor spotting, upper joint starting at head, slightly rubbed at extremities 

Provenance

Bibliothéque du Roi, Neuilly, ink stamp on title

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Catalogue Note

A LAVISH COPY BOUND FOR LOUIS-PHILIPPE, THE LAST KING OF FRANCE.
This fine royal binding, shows the Bourbon arms, for the Duc d’Orléans, the future King Louis-Philippe. When this book was published, Louis-Philippe had spent four years in Paris after his exile. He ascended the throne in 1830 and ruled France as the last king until 1848. Mannevillette's Instructions had the purpose of explaining and supplementing his maps of the eastern oceans, that was published as the Neptune Oriental. The text was updated several times by Mannevillette himself while he was cartographer for the Compagnie des Indes. Nevertheless amendments followed his death in 1780, and a number of added discoveries edition the most authoritative edition for navigating to the east.