Thunberg, Karl Peter: Voyages de C. P. Thunberg, au Japon, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, les isles de la Sonde, &c. Traduits, rédigés et augmentés de notes considérables sur la Religion, le Gouvernement, le Commerce, l'Industrie et les Langues de ces différentes contrées, particulièrement sur le Javan et le Malai; par L. Langlès et revus par J. B. Lamarck. 2 Vol. Paris: Benoît Dandré, Garnery, Obré 1796. 25 x 19,4 cm. With 1 engraved portrait as a frontispiece, 28 engraved plates and 1 engraved vignette. 2 leaves, XLIV pp., 510 pp.; 2 leaves, VIII pp., 544 pp. Brown half-leather with gold-embossed spine decoration, title on the spine

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Cordier, Japonica Sp. 447–48. – First French edition, also published simultaneously in folio in two volumes. Includes Langles’ and Lamarck’s notes for the first time. Thunberg, a Swedish physician and naturalist, carried out significant botanical and entomological research, particularly on the South African Cape regions and Japan. The plates depict flora, fauna, tools, jewellery, weapons and coins.