Live auction - Lot 1105
[Asia]
En Indo-Chine. Mes chasses, mes voyages.
MONTPENSIER, Ferdinand-François-Philippe d'Orléans, duc de
Hammer price: €
220
€ 80 / 120
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Lot description
Paris, Pierre Lafitte & Cie, 1912
Lge 8vo: ix-179 pp.
Publ. binding.
First ed. of this travelogue about adventures and hunting in Vietnam, Cambodia, and interactions with the local Moi people. Ill. with 136 photographic plates out of text. Limited ed. of 300 copies. The duc de Montpensier was the brother of Philippe d'Orléans (the hunter and Arctic explorer), and cousin of Henri d'Orléans, the explorer of Asia. He was an early car enthusiast, and explored Indochina by car on several occasions.
Ref. Not in BnF. - Opac KBR.