India di Dubois de Jancigny. Traducione di A. F. Falconetti.

Venezia:: Nell'I. R. Privil. Stabilimento Nazionale, 1846., 1846. 8vo. [iv], 604 pp. 84 engraved plates, 2 folding maps; small waterstain on upper corner (visible up to page 10), scattered foxing. Contemporary half maroon calf, gilt-stamped spine, marbled boards; rubbed. Very good copy. Italian edition; issued earlier in French, 1845. Dubois de Jancigny was the son of Jean-Baptiste Dubois de Jancigny, an agronomist and then prefect of Napoleon. In 1840, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs chose him to lead a political and commercial expedition to the Far East. In March 1842, he went to Canton where he came into contact with the Chinese authorities. (truncated) There he showed himself to be in favour of France's involvement alongside England in the Opium War. While going up the Yang-Tse River, Dubois meets on September 6th with Cecille, who is going back down the river after signing the August 29th treaty that ended the Opium War. As soon as the first consul of France, Ulysse de Ratti-Menton, was installed, he came into conflict with him, each claiming to represent France against the authorities of Canton. Having fallen into disgrace, he only obtained a post as vice-consul in Baghdad in November 1849, then was seconded to the ministry from 1851 to 1855 before being placed on leave. Finally appointed head of department in Chandernagor, he died there shortly after his arrival. (Inventory #: TK0015)