CUNY (Charles).
CUNY (Charles).
General observations on the memoir on the Sudan by M. le Comte d'Escayrac de Lauture.
Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1858. In-8, paperback.
First edition. Cuny, a physician and explorer, was the first Frenchman to enter Darfur, in western Sudan. He died there under mysterious circumstances the same year of this edition, in 1858. Some foxing.
Attached 4 bound booklets:
- FOUCART (Georges). A study trip to the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1913-1914). Marseille, Barlatier, 1916. In-8, paperback. Archaeological exploration. Illustrations in black.
- LHOTE (Henri). Discovery of a Neolithic Bead Workshop in the Region of Gao (French Sudan). Le Mans, Imprimerie Monnoyer, 1943. 10 pl.
- LHOTE (Henri). Cheleo-Achulean coins found at Silet (Ahaggar). Le Mans, Imprimerie Monnoyer, 1949.
