CAMBODGE ET SIAM VOYAGE ET SEJOUR AUX RUINES DES MONUMENTS KMERS. Notes du Capit

Paris 1896, Gedalge. Quarter red leather over embossed red cloth, French text, 15.5 x 24.6 cm.,text a bit 'toned,' else a clean & solid copy, 167p., 6 engravings, printed on heavy paper, gold stamped spine title,5 raised leater spine bands. *** *** *** . . . AN EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE . . . . WITH COPIOUS COMMENARITES ON SAIGON . . . THE TEMPLE RUINS OF CAMBODIA . . . AT ANGKOR WAT & ANGKOR THOM . . * This excellent primary account begins on a voyage from Toulon to Vinh-Long [Cochinchine]. on the Indian ocean, flying fish, Ceylan, Sumatra, Singapour, its harbor, Gulf of Siam, the snakes, Poulo Condor, arrival to Saigon. . Saigon and environs tour, costumes, vegetation, animals, climate, the Chinese & Annamites, their morals [or he means their lack of morals !], theatre and on to Vinh Long. . Vinh-long to Angcor-Thom: From Vinh-long to Phnom-Penh, the [Mekong] river, arrival. The city, its inhabitants, white elephants, La Bacoin,. To Compong Shanan: the river Oudon, the lake Tenli-sap, Compong Luong, Compong Shanam, visit to the Mandarin. To Siem-Rep, Cursat province, Phnom-Crom, the flooded forest, Compong Tien, reception of the Siamese, the mandarins accompany us. . To Angcor-Wat [Angkor-Wat], visit to the governor his residence, hospital, meet the messenger. Angcor-Thom, the passage to Angcor-Wat, Angcor-Thom, the ruins, temples, the circus of the city. . Sejour aux Ruines: stay at the ruins, the Delaporte mission, Le Baion, departure of the Delaporte mission, malice of the Bonzes [Buddhist monks], death of a dog, sacrilege. Visit to the monuments of Phnom-Bakheng and Angcor-Thom, and the leper king. . Ruins of Phnom-Cron, Brahma's head, the mosquitoes, the oxen, a tour to Angcor-Wat. the men and their diseases, the tropical rain, the Bas-Relief’s, ceremonial funeral. Their jewelry, a small festival, the violent deer, an angry Bonze [monk], description of the great ruins at Angcor-Wat. . Buddhist festivals, chicken hunting, depart Angcor-Wat the royal tiger, stop at Siem-Reap, depart for Preacan. Inconvenience of the monkeys, preparations to depart. . Return to Preacan and Saigon: the elephants, the pigeons, to Stung at Lamare, going into the forest, mandarin's junk, voyage with torches, finding the Oudon river. From Lamare to Phnom Penh, the march, the view of mandarins, visit to the temple at Compong-Shanam. Passage to Phnom-Penh, visit to King Norodon of Cambodia. . Return to Saigon, passage to Vinh-Long, visit with the governor and colonel. . * With a list of plates and table of contents. . *** The author was a keen observer of his environment and commented in much detail about where he went and what he saw. This is a very early and reliable account of Saigon, Cambodia and Siem-reap of the early 19th century. . A primary account of Delacorte and his mission to document the Khmer architecture of Cambodia, an historic and superb study. . *** REFERENCES: DELAPORTE, L.: VOYAGE AU CAMBODGE L'ARCHITECTURE KHMER. . * .