LEVAILLANT, François Voyage [...] dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le cap de B…

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LEVAILLANT, François Voyage [...] dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le cap de Bonne-Espérance, dans les années 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85. Paris Leroy 1790 2 vols, 8vo: front.-xxiv-383, [2]-403 pp.; 10 pl. (1 pl. missing, light damp stains on 3 pl., some unobtrusive, mostly marg., dampst. in last quire of vol. 1 and throughout vol. 2, occ. spotting). Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt-orn. flat spines, sp. edges (joints sl. rubbed, corners sl. bumped). First edition of Levaillant's first Cape travels. As a gunner's mate for the Dutch East India Company from 1780 to 1785, Levaillant was able to study the bird and animal life in their natural habitat, returning with over 2000 specimens of birds, insects, mammals and plants. Ill. with a front. and 10 pl. (2 fold.), of which 8 delicately hand-coloured, representing topography, natives, fauna and flora. Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 2480. - Cox I:390. - Gay 3118. - Cp. Chadenat 1660.

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Africa - LE VAILLANT (François). Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, dans les Années 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85. Paris, Leroy, 1790. 2 vol. in-8 of XXIV-384 pp. ; [2]-399 (out of 403) pp. 12 hors-texte plates engraved in black (complete with the plate of the Hottentote). The last 4 pages of volume II are missing, but the text itself is complete (without cuts). Marbled basane, ornate spine bands, red and green marbled title-pages (later imitation binding). Rubbed and worn. Light yellow marginal foxing, rare foxing. First in-8° edition of François Le Vaillant's first voyage. Trained as a naturalist and ornithologist, François Le Vaillant (1753-1824) explored southern Africa on two expeditions, published 6 years apart. He brought back to France a very fine natural history collection, including numerous birds and a giraffe (described for the first time in this book, see pl. 7 and 8). As early as 1789, he tried to sell it "for a modest sum" to the French state, but successive revolutionary governments would not follow suit, much to the explorer's dismay. This important collection was eventually dispersed and sold abroad (notably to Temminck)...

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