Souvenirs d’un Voyage aux Iles Philippines par J. de Man [Souvenirs of a Voyage to the Philippine Islands by J. de Man]
₱77,000.00
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Description
268 pp, hardbound in red cloth, gilted spine, protective plastic cover, 8 original photos pasted in. Interesting and entertaining book that collects the memories and experiences of the author during a trip to the Philippines, departing from Marseille on May 29, 1870, aboard the “Volga” crossing the Red Sea, through Aden (Indochina), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Singapore, Hong Kong, and Manila where it ended. Accounts of different festivals, theaters, rites, tremors or earthquakes, tribes, hunting and fishing from different islands visited.. Annex of Philippine trade data of imports, industry, agriculture, banking, navigation, mineralogy, climate, etc.
Condition
two pages with pasted remnants, occasional minor foxing. Still a very good copy of this EXTREMELY RARE unusual travel book.