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[BELGIAN CONGO] GRUNNE, Xavier de (Count) et al. – FRANCK, Louis A collection of two important works on exploration and colonial documentation regarding the Congo: - GRUNNE, Xavier de (Count) – HAUMAN, Lucien – BURGEON, Louis – MICHOT, Paul. Toward the Glaciers of the Equator. The Ruwenzori. Belgian Scientific Mission 1932. Brussels, R. Dupriez, 1937. In-4°. - FRANCK, Louis. The Belgian Congo. Brussels, La Renaissance du Livre, [1929–1930]. Two volumes, in-4°. Waterstains. A collection of two seminal and richly illustrated publications from the second quarter of the 20th century documenting the Belgian presence, exploration, and scientific work in Central Africa. The first volume provides the official account of the 1932 scientific mission to the high mountains of the Ruwenzori Range, combining geological and botanical field studies with first-rate illustrations, including 125 photographs, 17 maps, and 8 color plates based on works by James Thiriar. The second volume is a definitive administrative, ethnographic, and economic encyclopedia written by the former Minister of the Colonies, notable for its abundant photographic documentation and its color artistic reproductions by Allard l’Olivier, Canneel, and Mambourg.