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G. L. Domeny de Rienzi; A. Francesco Falconetti, tr : Oceania o Quinta Parte del Mondo. Rivista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia sui risultati dei viaggi e delle scoperte dell'Autore e de'suoi predecessori e colle nuove classificazioni..

Giuseppe Antonelli, Venice, 1838-43.

Contemporary ¼ tree calf with matching brown marble boards, flat spine in five compartments of gilt-tooled bands, gilt red calf labels on two and four, edges speckled blue. , Small tear in first volume’s fourth plate, scattered light foxing, otherwise the book is in very good condition., 8vo, P. Volume 1. (2), half-title, blank, title, blank, 1- 416, (2); Volume 2. (2), half-title, blank, title, blank, 1-411, (2); Volume 3. (2), half-title, blank, title, blank, 1-624, (2)., With 309 plates of views and costumes of Oceania, of which five are folding maps (Borneo, Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia, Malaysia, and a general map of Oceania). There are 104 plates in volume 1, 98 in volume 2 (including two folding maps), and 107 in volume 3 (including three folding maps). Pages 81-4 of volume 1 contain musical notation of songs in Malaysian, Javanese, Melanesian and Polynesian., Volume : Three volumes.

With Italian text in two columns.
This is a very detailed depiction of the geography and ethnography of the South East Asian islands. The three volumes form part of a larger multi-volume work, first published in French called “L’universe pittoresque�. These three volumes form the complete section on Southeast Asia and Oceania. De Rienzy (1759-1844) was a traveler in the Orient and Oceania, and was a scholar, geographer, member of government and of the French, English, and Italian academies. Chadenat writes that the text and profuse illustrations contain important historical and ethnographical details with regards to the South East Asian islands at the time of publication. Hill lauds the work, indicating that Rienzi “gathered a particularly important collection of material on Malaysia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Melanesia. The work contains a thorough discussion of the area’s peoples, natural history, geography, and commerce, as well as the history of its exploration…. Also contains handsome illustrations and maps� (485)., Hill 485; Hiler 244; Graesse VIII:227; Taylor 19; Chadenat 2086: O'Reilly-Teissier; Archives Biogr. Françaises I:894 & 89, II:220 & 302-10; IIS:87 & 128.

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