GRANDPRÉ (Louis Ohier de). Voyage dans l'Inde et au Bengale fait dans les années 1789 et 1790. Paris Dentu, an IX-1801; 2 vol. in-8 (195 x 125 mm), fawn half calf, shagreened paper boards, smooth spines entirely decorated with gilt latticework (Period bindings). ... containing a description of the Séchelles islands... followed by a Voyage fait dans la Mer Rouge containing a description of Moka and the trade of the Arabs of Yemen. Government, ceremonies (festival of the goddess Durga) and special festivals, castes, bathing in the Ganges, European-Indian marriages... First edition. 7 plates including a very large View of the citadel of Calcutta (78 x 28 cm). A fine copy, elegantly bound. Boards a little rubbed; brown stain on last 10 ff. of vol. 2 (table).