Author: Sonnerat, Pierre (1745-1814)
Title: Collection de Planches Pour Servir Au Voyage Aux Indes Orientales Et à la Chine Par M. Sonnerat. First Edition
Description: Paris: Dentu, 1806. 4to. 21 x 28 cm. Half goatskin binding by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov with original label preserved. 140 engraved (20 folding) plates mounted on hinges..Very good. Sonnerat spent 18 years after 1795 collecting material for a third major publication to be titled Nouveau Voyage aux Indes Orientales. Both the collections and the manuscript were also casualties of war, however, apart from some specimens that reached A.-L. de Jussieu in Paris. In recognition of his work in India, Sonnerat was honored with elections to several scientific societies (as 'correspondant'), including the botanical section of the Institut National and the Société Académique des Sciences. Sonnerat was finally able to make his way back to Europe in 1813, when he met Joseph Banks in London. He then returned to Paris in January 1814, but died three months later. The genus Sonneratia L.f. commemorates him.. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 503857476; Lust 353 SONNERAT, Pierre. Collection de planches pour servir au voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine. Paris, Dentu, 1806. In-4. Atlas seul riche de 140 PLANCHES GRAVEES montées sur onglets précédées de 8 pp. de table, certaines planches doubles, représentant des vues de villes, personnages, divinités, cérémonies, animaux, plantes.. Expertise by François Giard. .

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