MOLLIEN, Gaspard-Théodore (1796-1872). Voyage dans l'Interieur de L'Afrique aux sources du Senegal et de la Gambie, fait en 1818? Paris
MOLLIEN, Gaspard-Théodore (1796-1872). Voyage dans l'Interieur de L'Afrique aux sources du Senegal et de la Gambie, fait en 1818? Paris
2 volumes, 4to (183 x 117 mm). With engraved folding map (with routes outlined in color) and 4 engraved plates by Tardieu. (Frontispiece and first few leaves vol. II slightly spotted, slight offsetting to title vol. I.) Contemporary French half mottled calf, marbled boards, smooth spines gilt, lettering-pieces gilt. Provenance: Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler (bookplate).FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title-page verso (as often). With Appendix which includes a complete itinerary, a report on the mineral wealth and metal work of Senegal as brought back by Mollien, and French discoveries in West Africa before and by the author. Brunet III, 1817.
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MOLLIEN, Gaspard-Théodore (1796-1872). Voyage dans l'Interieur de L'Afrique aux sources du Senegal et de la Gambie, fait en 1818? Paris
2 volumes, 4to (183 x 117 mm). With engraved folding map (with routes outlined in color) and 4 engraved plates by Tardieu. (Frontispiece and first few leaves vol. II slightly spotted, slight offsetting to title vol. I.) Contemporary French half mottled calf, marbled boards, smooth spines gilt, lettering-pieces gilt. Provenance: Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler (bookplate).FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title-page verso (as often). With Appendix which includes a complete itinerary, a report on the mineral wealth and metal work of Senegal as brought back by Mollien, and French discoveries in West Africa before and by the author. Brunet III, 1817.
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