Voyage dans la péninsule occidentale de l'Inde et dans l'ile de Ceilan.

Paris, A. Bertrand, 1811

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2 vol., 8vo: xii-374-16-8-4-4, x-512 pp. (some browning and spotting).

Contemp. quarter calf, sp. paper on covers, flat spines (corners def.).

First French edition of Haafner's 3 voyages translated by M. Jansen from the Dutch ed. of 1806-1810. Haafner (1754-1809) was a German-Dutch travel writer who lived in and wrote extensively on India and Sri Lanka. Ill. with 5 plates of which 3 fold. showing dancers and temples.
Ref. Landwehr (VOC) 352. - Querard IV:5. - Wellcome III:187.