Sonnerat. Pierre Voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine, Fait par ordre du Roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781. 1782. A Paris chez l'Auteur, Froulé, Nyon, Barrois. Two volumes in 4°, 140 double or single hors-texte plates, ethnic, religious, ornithological, botanical and mammalian. Brown half-chagrin, spine ribbed, gilt title, date on tail, gilt head (19th century binding). Volume 1: in which we deal with the customs, religion, sciences & arts of the Indians, Chinese, Peguins & Madégasses: followed by observations on the Cape of Good Hope, the isles of France & Bourbon, the Maldives, Ceylon, Malacca, the Philippines & the Moluccas, & research on the natural history of these countries. Volume 2: in which the customs, religion, sciences and arts of the Indians, Chinese, Peguins and Madégasses are discussed; followed by Observations on the Cape of Good Hope, the isles of France and Bourbon, the Maldives, Ceylon, Malacca, the Philippines and the Moluccas, and research on the natural history of these countries. By M. Sonnerat, commissaire de la Marine, pensionnaire naturalist to the King, correspondent of his Cabinet & of the Académie royale des sciences de Paris, member of that of Lyon. Copy in good condition. Ex libris M. C. Famous report by the naturalist Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814) which contains interesting and abundant documentation on the Indian Ocean, India and China.