{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":56525,"auction_id":110,"set_id":144,"lot_number":"99","artist":"P. de la Gironiere","title":"Aventures d'un Gentilhomme Breton aux Iles\nPhilippines.\n[Adventures of a Breton gentleman in the Philippines]","starting_price":30000,"signed_dated":"Paris: Au Compotoir des Impremieurs-Unis, 1855","medium":null,"size":null,"property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"More than a few foreigners arrive in the Philippines and immediately feel at home. Disregarding the pleasures and facilities of their native land, they integrate into Philippine society, appreciate the natives and even see an opportunity to prosper. One such gentleman was Paul de La Gironiere, born in 1797 in Vertou, near Nantes, France. Although by training he was a naval surgeon, he is best known for being an adventurer, businessman, farmer and the author of two extraordinary books on the Philippines, both of which have been translated into English and published several times in the Philippines. <br /><br /> La Gironiere accidentally arrived in the Philippines in 1819. His goal was to spend only one quarantine of forty days, but decided to stay for twenty years. He made use of his medical knowledge and in 1823 married the Marquise de las Salinas in Manila. <br /><br /> He bought the hacienda of Jalajala and settled on the outskirts of Morong. He raised pigs and planted indigo, sugar cane, abaca and coffee. He employed more than 2,700 people on his hacienda. His continuous improvements in the plantations, carried out thanks to his scientific observations, earned him an award from the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País. He enjoyed exploration and traveled in the Cordillera, making contact with the Abra Itneg, the Kalinga and the Aeta. <br /><br /> After the sudden death of his wife and two children, he returned to France, where he remarried. He returned to the Philippines in 1857 and established a new business, a sugar mill in Calauan (Laguna de Bay). Among the shareholders of this new enterprise was the Roxas family. He died suddenly in March 1862. <br /><br /> This classic of travel writing should be understood as the second and definitive edition of his first 1853 book on the Philippines. It is possible that the author was surprised by the success of that first edition. This edition is typographically far superior, mainly due to the preparation of the text — divided into chapters with summaries — and with numerous illustrations of life in the Philippines and of landscapes. The narrative follows a chronological order in the first part, in which most of the personal events are narrated, including the painful death of his two sons and a journey among the Aetas. The second part is more scientific and is entitled \"Overview on the geology and the nature of the Philippine soil, on its inhabitants, on the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms, on the agriculture, the industry and the trade of that archipelago\". <br /><br /> La Gironiere, apart from being an excellent memoirist, shows himself here as an extraordinary observer and lover of Philippine nature, with acute studies of some ethnic groups, observations on the Tagalog language, descriptions of the carabao, the native deer, birds, reptiles and insects. He also provides information on the cultivation of indigo, rice, tobacco, coffee, abaca, cocoa, cotton, sugar cane, etc., all taken from his own experience. A truly meritorious book in which the author's love for the Philippines overflows. This edition is extremely rare.","lot_group":"BOOKS","lot_details_html":"<p><strong>P. de la Gironiere</strong><br />Aventures d'un Gentilhomme Breton aux Iles Philippines.<br />[Adventures of a Breton gentleman in the Philippines]<br />Paris: Au Compotoir des Impremieurs-Unis, 1855<br /><br />CONDITION REPORT<br />Very good. Slightly worn hardcover with a decorated spine. Pages in good condition, only slight stains on the first and last pages. Several wonderful engravings depicting life in Manila and the provinces.</p>","alias":null,"hp":120000,"bp":0.2016,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":120000,"userBid":5926,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":144192,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":60310,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/110/144/lot/99.jpg","isFeatured":1},{"id":60393,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/110/144/lot/99c.jpg","isFeatured":0},{"id":60390,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/110/144/lot/99b.jpg","isFeatured":0}]},"increment":[70000,80000,90000,100000,110000,120000,130000,140000,150000,160000,170000,180000,190000,200000,220000,240000,260000,280000,300000,320000,340000,360000,380000,400000,450000,500000,550000,600000,650000,700000,750000,800000,900000,1000000,1100000,1200000,1300000,1400000,1500000,1600000,1700000,1800000,1900000,2000000,2200000,2400000,2600000,2800000,3000000,3200000,3400000,3600000,3800000,4000000,4200000,4400000,4600000,4800000,5000000,5500000,6000000,6500000,7000000,7500000,8000000,8500000,9000000,9500000,10000000,11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":98,"next":100,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}