VINCENT (Frank). The Land of the White Elephant, sights and - Lot 229

VINCENT (Frank). The Land of the White Elephant, sights and scenes in South-Eastern Asia, a personal narrative of travel and adventure in Farther India, embracing the countries of Burma, Siam, Cambodia, and Cochin-China (1871-1872). London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1873. In-8, XIX-316 p., publisher's plum cloth decorated on the front cover with a gilt portrait of the King of Siam, smooth spine decorated (spine faded, covers worn, frontispiece lacking, replaced by another plate). First edition. Account of travels in Southeast Asia (Burma, Siam, Cambodia and Cochinchina) in 1871 and 1872 by travel writer Frank Vincent (1848-1916). The illustration includes 32 (of 33) black hors-texte engravings, 3 maps and plans (two folding, one in color) and 23 vignettes in the text. (Cordier, Indosinica, 421).