147 - [TRAVEL]. PELLETAN (Jean-Gabriel). MEMOIR ON THE FRENCH COLONY OF SENEGAL. Paris: Panckoucke, Year IX [1801]. In-8, paperback, marbled paper dust jacket; (2) ff. of half-title and title page, XVI-118 pp., 1 fold-out map. FIRST EDITION, dedicated to Bonaparte, First Consul, illustrated with a MAP OF THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA, from Cape Blanc to Cape Tagrin. A former director of the Senegal Company, Pelletan describes the colony’s situation and proposes ways to develop its resources and trade following the abolition of the slave trade. ¶ Gay, 2913.

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