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Albert-Auguste FAUVEL — Alligators in China : their history, description & identification • [Les alligators en Chine : histoire, description et identification]

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the "Celestial Empire" Office | Shanghaï 1879 | 14 x 22 cm | Broché | Edition originale illustrée de 4 planches hors-texte dont 3 dépliantes (cf. Cordier Sinica 442.) Manques en tête et en pied du dos, déchirures marginales sur les plats, une mouillure claire en pied du premeir plat, une planche déchirée en son centre sans atteinte aux figures,  Texte de la conférence donnée le 13 décembre 1878 à la North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Albert-Auguste Fauvel (1851-1909), officier de marine, avait accompagné le duc de Penthièvre autour du monde (1866-1867). Diplômé de mandchou, il occupait depuis 1872 un poste dans l'administration des Douanes chinoises. Naturaliste, il s'occupe de la faune et de la flore des îles Chusan, au large de Ning-Po. (Numa Broc). Il fut aussi un économiste de talent. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition, illustrated with four plates, three of them folding (cf. Cordier, Sinica 442).Losses to the head and tail of the spine, marginal tears to the covers, a light dampstain to the lower portion of the upper board, one plate torn across the centre without affecting the images, Text of the lecture delivered on 13 December 1878 before the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.Albert-Auguste Fauvel (1851–1909), a naval officer, accompanied the Duc de Penthièvre on his voyage around the world (1866–1867).A graduate in Manchu, he had held a post since 1872 within the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service.A naturalist, he devoted himself to the study of the fauna and flora of the Chusan Islands, off Ning-Po (Numa Broc). He was also a gifted economist. *

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Albert-Auguste FAUVEL
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1879
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Sciences, Médecine & Techniques|Sciences naturelles