FRENCH WEST AFRICA - SENEGAL. BILLET :
Five francs "type Omnibus" issued by DAKA…

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FRENCH WEST AFRICA - SENEGAL. BILLET : Five francs "type Omnibus" issued by DAKAR. Watermark letters "R.F" framing a caduceus surmounted by a bird. Recto: Lion's head in profile and handicrafts. - Reverse: texts in Arabic characters repeating the text on the front. DAKAR, April 10, 1924 - SUP

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FRENCH WEST AFRICA - SENEGAL. BILLET : Five francs "type Omnibus" issued by DAKAR. Watermark letters "R.F" framing a caduceus surmounted by a bird. Recto: Lion's head in profile and handicrafts. - Reverse: texts in Arabic characters repeating the text on the front. DAKAR, April 10, 1924 - SUP

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Estim. 130 - 250 EUR

Reunion of 5 historical works from the LES ARMEES FRANÇAISES D'OUTRE-MER collection. Collection published for the 1931 Paris International Colonial Exhibition, with a print run of 1,000 copies, 22 by 28 cm: 1. Le Service vétérinaire et le service de la remonte aux colonies. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1931. One volume. (4)-XIII-(1)-106-(3) pages + 18 plates h.t. Paperback, printed cover. Spine unstained. First edition. The first part outlines the role (not limited to their art) of military veterinarians, for each group of colonies (monitoring the diet of colonists and natives, laboratory research work, etc.); the second deals with the aims pursued by the remonte service: "to improve breeding conditions by improving hygiene and animal feed; to improve native breeds through judicious cross-breeding and the creation of equestrian establishments; to encourage breeding by various means, purchases, bounty competitions, races, etc." 2. [ASTOUIN (Colonel Louis) and PÉRIER (Captain Roger): Le train des équipages aux colonies. Paris, Villain et Bar, 1931. One volume. (2)-XVII-(1)-158-(1) pages + 7 h.t. maps. (6 of which folded) + 1 portrait + 11 plates. Paperback, printed cover. Spine unstained. First edition. Work divided into four parts, devoted to North Africa, West Africa (especially Madagascar), the organization of convoys in China, Cochinchina and Tonkin, and the Levant (Cilicia, Lebanon, Jebel Druze). 3. [PAUL (Lieutenant-Colonel Georges-Eugène) and BASSET (Captain)]: Artillery in the colonies. Paris, Villain et Bar, 1931. One volume. XVI-403-(2) pp. + 20 plates + 9 maps. (of which 5 folded) Paperback, printed cover. Spine unstained. First edition. Written in collaboration with Lieutenant-Colonel Charbonneau, this work relates "the history of the use of metropolitan artillery overseas, [...] the role of naval or colonial artillery as a combat weapon [... and] as a service [for] military [and economic] equipment in the colonies." 4. [GAUCHER (Intendant Général) and RIVIÈRE (Intendant): Le service de l'intendance aux colonies. Paris, Villain et Bar, 1931. One volume. (8)-290-(1) pages. Paperback, printed cover. Spine unstained. First edition. "Part One is devoted to "Intendants and Colonial Commissioners in the past", i.e. up to the second half of the 19th century. Part Two studies the role of the Commissariat and the Intendance, both metropolitan and colonial, in modern colonial expansion. Paperback, printed cover. Spine unstained. 5. Les Grands soldats coloniaux. Paris, Henri Jonquières, 1931, One volume. (4)-442-(1) pages + 33 h.t. portraits + 3 h.t. folding maps + 1 f. foreword paginated [15]-16 between pp. 4 and 5. Contemporary navy blue half-basin with corners, spine with 4 nerves, upper cover preserved. Minor spotting, otherwise very good condition. Paperback, printed cover. Spine unstained. 39 biographies of pioneers, explorers and military figures, including Samuel Champlain, Montcalm, Dupleix, Marshal Clauzel, Marshal Bugeaud, Duc d'Aumale, Marchand, Marshal Lyautey, etc.

Estim. 450 - 500 EUR

Africa - GORDON LAING (Alexander). Voyage dans le Timanni, le Kouranko et le Soulimana, contrées de l'Afrique occidentale, fait en 1822, translated from English by MM. Eyriès and de Larenaudière (...) ; précédé d'un essai sur les progrès de la géographie de l'intérieur de l'Afrique, et sur les principaux voyages de découvertes qui y rattachent, par M. de Larenaudière. With a map and eight plates. Paris, Delaforest, Arthus Bertrand, 1826. In-8, lxv-432 pp. with a folding map and 8 lithographed plates, paperback with printed cover. Some foxing. First edition of the French translation of Travels through the Timanee (...) to the sources of the Roskelle and Niger, published in London in 1825. From the English bases in Sierra Leone, where Alexander Gordon Laing (1793-1826) was stationed with his unit, he made this journey into Mandingo country, sent by Governor Charles MacCarthy both to open up trade links and to facilitate the abolition of the slave trade, which Great Britain had championed since the Congress of Vienna. His report contains the first accurate information on the sources of the Niger (which he failed to reach, however). His expedition and death in Timbuktu in 1826 are another story... (Gay 2845.)

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

GREVY, Jules - AUBE, Theophile - CARNOT, Sadi. Senat. Session 1886. Projet de loi portant ouverture au Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies sur l'exercice 1886, d'un credit supplementaire de 600,000 francs pour les frais d'exploitation et de controle du chemin de fer de Dakar a Saint-Louis. Paris, Imprimerie du Senat, 1886 Folio, 275x228 mm. Pp. 3, 1 blank. Good conservation. Bill for the financing of the railroad in Senegal. The railroad connecting Dakar to Saint-Louis was the first railway line in French West Africa, opened in 1885. The line was called the "peanut railway" because of the peanut export industry and its growth around the route. The main route was completed around 1915. Presented to the Senate by President of the Republic J. Grevy and Minister of Finance S. Carnot. Sadi Marie François Carnot, 1837 - 1894, was a deputy from February 1871 to December 1887, then President of the Republic from December 3, 1887 to June 25, 1894. Folio; 275x228 mm. Pp. 3, 1 blank. Good condition. Proposal for the financing of the railway in Senegal. The railway connecting Dakar to Saint-Louis was the first railway line in French West Africa, opened in 1885. The line was called the "peanut railway," due to the peanut export industry and its growth around the route. The main route was completed around 1915.Presented to the Senate by the President of the Republic J. Grevy and the Minister of Finance S. Carnot.Sadi Marie François Carnot, 1837 - 1894, was a member of parliament from February 1871 to December 1887, then President of the Republic from December 3, 1887 to June 25, 1894.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

BILLOT, Jean-Baptiste. M. Billot, Ministre de la Republique Francaise in Lisbonne to M. le Ministre des Affaires Etrangers. Handwritten copy. Lisbonne, November 13 (1886). Folio, 305x210 mm. 7 pp., 1 blank. French text, cursive script, brown ink. Good condition. Important confidential news about the colonial treaty between Germany and Portugal regarding possessions in Southern Africa. "Les pourparlers suivis entre le Portugal et l'Allemagne pour la delimitation de leurs possessions de l'Afrique Australe, ont abouti plus tot qu'on ne le supponait [...] Ce qui frappe tout d'abord c'est l'abandon, a profit de l'Allemagne, de la partie de la cote occidentale comprise entre Cunene et le cap Frio comme la limite meridionale de ses posssessions d'Angola" The agreement, which would later be ratified on December 30, demarcates the border between Angola and Namibia from the mouth of the Kunene River on the Atlantic Ocean inland to Ruacana Falls. Billot adds interesting political observations with references to the colonial policies of France and England. The letter is sent by Billot to President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles de Freycinet.Jean-Baptiste Billot, 1828 - 1907, multi-decorated career soldier, was a deputy from Feb. 8, 1871 to March 7, 1876, then an immovable senator and minister. Folio, 305x210 mm. pp. 7, 1 white. Text in French, cursive writing, brown ink. Good condition. Important confidential news on the colonial treaty between Germany and Portugal relating to possessions in Southern Africa. "Les pourparlers suivis entre Portugal et l'Allemagne pour la delimitation de leurs possessions de l'Afrique Australe, ont abouti plus tot qu'on ne le supponait [...] Ce qui frappe tout d'abord c'est l'abandon, for the benefit of the Allemagne, the part of the western coast comprises between Cunene and the Frio cap as the southern limit of the six possessions of Angola" The agreement, which will then be ratified on December 30, delimits the border between the Angola and Namibia from the mouth of the Kunene River, on the Atlantic Ocean, inland to the Ruacana waterfalls. Billot adds interesting political observations with references to the colonial policies of France and England.The letter is sent by Billot to the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles de Freycinet.Jean-Baptiste Billot, 1828 - 1907, highly decorated career soldier, was a deputy from February 8, 1871 to March 7, 1876, then an irremovable senator and minister.

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