GHIKA (Prince Nicolas D.).
GHIKA (Prince Nicolas D.).
Five months in the Land of the Somalis. Followed by the Somali fawn and a list of plants described by G. Schweinfurth and G. Volkens.
Geneva and Bale, Georg & Co, 1898. In-8, bradel beige percaline of the publisher, decorated with a large black drawing of a lion on a rock on the first plate, smooth spine decorated.
2 photos in frontispiece, a folding map and 27 illustrations out of text from the author's photos.
Handwritten bookplate on the first board and mention of the same on a guard: "I had the pleasure to know the author. I have often made foil assaults with him: he has a strong wrist; the character is often frank. Bugnion, May 1898."