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	BOCK, CARL: Templer og elefanter eller beretning om en undersögelsesreise gjennem Siam og Lao. Kristiania, P.T. Mallings Boghandels Förlag, 1884. Pp. xvi, 370. With one map, two front portraits; one steel engraved of the Siamese king Chulalongkorn and one lithographed of the author, 3 coloured lithographs (two heightened with gold) and 50 woodcut illustrations (of which 13 full page). Contemporary half calf, spine ruled in gilt, extremities rubbed. First ten leaves, map and portraits foxed. First edition of this Norwegian account of Upper Siam and Laos. Macleod was the only European before Carl Bock who visited the northern parts of Thailand. Cf Cordier BI 904. Henze i,280. € (euro) 240.00 [Appr.: US$ 361.44 \| £UK 218.5 \| JP¥ 31129] Book number: 39025 Click here to order or inquire at Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books.
	LEONOWENS, ANNA HARRIETTE: The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok. Philadelphia, Porter & Coates, (1870). Pp. xi, 321. With 8 wood engraved plates made from photographs given to the author by the King of Siam. Publisher's decorated cloth, printed in gilt and black, extremities lightly rubbed. A wellknown account by an English governess about her life with the Royal family of Bangkok. King Mongkut of Siam (or Rama IV), a well educated and fashionable man, wanted to give his children an European education. Anna Leonowens spent six years at the court where she taught 67 Royal children and also some wives and slaves. The accuracy of her work has been questioned but apart from that it's a charming story which Margaret Landon used for her novel "Anna and the King of Siam" (1944) and it was followed by a musical and a film "The King and I". Cordier BI 738. Robinson p.139. (first edition London 1870). € (euro) 1200.00 [Appr.: US$ 1807.2 \| £UK 1092.25 \| JP¥ 155646] Book number: 99752 Click here to order or inquire at Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books.
	NEALE, FREDERICK ARTHUR: Narrative of a Residence at the Capital of the Kingdom of Siam; with a Description of the Manners, Customs, and Laws of the Modern Siamese. London, Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1852. Pp. xiv, 280, advertisement (4). With engraved frontispiece, engraved extra title, one map, two engraved plates and many textual illustrations. Original embossed cloth, upper part of spine restored, somewhat rubbed, new endpapers. First edition of this comprehensive work on Siam by Neale who served the Siamese king for many years. Cordier BI 735. Satow 126. € (euro) 400.00 [Appr.: US$ 602.4 \| £UK 364.25 \| JP¥ 51882] Book number: 99439 Click here to order or inquire at Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books.
	TURPIN, FRANCOIS HENRI : Histoire civile et naturelle du Royaume de Siam, et des révolutions qui ont bouleversé cet empire jusqu'en en 1770. Two volumes. Paris, Costard, 1771. 12mo. pp. (iv), xii, 450, (2); (iv), 444, (6). Contemporary calf, spines decorated in gilt and with title labels, worn, spines chipped. Some browning and occasionally some minor staining. Partly with some worming in volume two (some minor loss of text). First edition of this important work on Siam based on some manuscripts received from the bishop of Tabraca (Vicar Apostolic de Siam) as well as from other missionaries in Siam. The work was suppressed at the request of the Vicar Apostolic of Siam, who claimed the author had taken too many liberties with his interpretation of the manuscript notes and journals. Francois Henri Turpin is a pseudonym for Henriques Pangrapho who also wrote "Histoire de la vie de Mahomet" (1773). Cordier BI 732. Chadenat 1001. Cox i, p. 347. Satow 102. € (euro) 1100.00 [Appr.: US$ 1656.6 \| £UK 1001.25 \| JP¥ 142676] Book number: 29007 Click here to order or inquire at Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books.

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	BOCK, CARL: Templer og elefanter eller beretning om en undersögelsesreise gjennem Siam og Lao. Kristiania, P.T. Mallings Boghandels Förlag, 1884. Pp. xvi, 370. With one map, two front portraits; one steel engraved of the Siamese king Chulalongkorn and one lithographed of the author, 3 coloured lithographs (two heightened with gold) and 50 woodcut illustrations (of which 13 full page). Contemporary half calf, spine ruled in gilt, extremities rubbed. First ten leaves, map and portraits foxed. First edition of this Norwegian account of Upper Siam and Laos. Macleod was the only European before Carl Bock who visited the northern parts of Thailand. Cf Cordier BI 904. Henze i,280. € (euro) 240.00 [Appr.: US$ 361.44 \| £UK 218.5 \| JP¥ 31129] Book number: 39025 Click here to order or inquire at Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books.
	LEONOWENS, ANNA HARRIETTE: The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok. Philadelphia, Porter & Coates, (1870). Pp. xi, 321. With 8 wood engraved plates made from photographs given to the author by the King of Siam. Publisher's decorated cloth, printed in gilt and black, extremities lightly rubbed. A wellknown account by an English governess about her life with the Royal family of Bangkok. King Mongkut of Siam (or Rama IV), a well educated and fashionable man, wanted to give his children an European education. Anna Leonowens spent six years at the court where she taught 67 Royal children and also some wives and slaves. The accuracy of her work has been questioned but apart from that it's a charming story which Margaret Landon used for her novel "Anna and the King of Siam" (1944) and it was followed by a musical and a film "The King and I". Cordier BI 738. Robinson p.139. (first edition London 1870). € (euro) 1200.00 [Appr.: US$ 1807.2 \| £UK 1092.25 \| JP¥ 155646] Book number: 99752 Click here to order or inquire at Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books.
	NEALE, FREDERICK ARTHUR: Narrative of a Residence at the Capital of the Kingdom of Siam; with a Description of the Manners, Customs, and Laws of the Modern Siamese. London, Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1852. Pp. xiv, 280, advertisement (4). With engraved frontispiece, engraved extra title, one map, two engraved plates and many textual illustrations. Original embossed cloth, upper part of spine restored, somewhat rubbed, new endpapers. First edition of this comprehensive work on Siam by Neale who served the Siamese king for many years. Cordier BI 735. Satow 126. € (euro) 400.00 [Appr.: US$ 602.4 \| £UK 364.25 \| JP¥ 51882] Book number: 99439 Click here to order or inquire at Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books.
	TURPIN, FRANCOIS HENRI : Histoire civile et naturelle du Royaume de Siam, et des révolutions qui ont bouleversé cet empire jusqu'en en 1770. Two volumes. Paris, Costard, 1771. 12mo. pp. (iv), xii, 450, (2); (iv), 444, (6). Contemporary calf, spines decorated in gilt and with title labels, worn, spines chipped. Some browning and occasionally some minor staining. Partly with some worming in volume two (some minor loss of text). First edition of this important work on Siam based on some manuscripts received from the bishop of Tabraca (Vicar Apostolic de Siam) as well as from other missionaries in Siam. The work was suppressed at the request of the Vicar Apostolic of Siam, who claimed the author had taken too many liberties with his interpretation of the manuscript notes and journals. Francois Henri Turpin is a pseudonym for Henriques Pangrapho who also wrote "Histoire de la vie de Mahomet" (1773). Cordier BI 732. Chadenat 1001. Cox i, p. 347. Satow 102. € (euro) 1100.00 [Appr.: US$ 1656.6 \| £UK 1001.25 \| JP¥ 142676] Book number: 29007 Click here to order or inquire at Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books.