GUYON (Claude-Marie). History of the East Indies, ancient an - Lot 92

GUYON (Claude-Marie). History of the East Indies, ancient and modern. Paris, Ph. N. Lottin, 1744. 3 vol. in-12, (22)-396 p. + (2)-353 p. + (2)-475-(8) p., contemporary marbled tan calf, ribbed spine, red title page, red edges, gilt arms on boards, restorations (modern etiquette at head of spine, dampstaining at very beginning of vol.1). First edition, illustrated with 2 fold-out hors-texte maps: l'Inde à l'époque d'Alexandre le Grand ; Carte des Indes Orientales avec 1 plan de Pondichéry, in 1741. The edition was divided between several booksellers. Volume I: Des Indes anciennes; volume II: Des Indes modernes; volume III: Commerces des Indes. Unidentified arms on covers. Bookplate: M. Debert-de-Clerzac. (Chadenat, 2903; INED, 2217).