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Richard Maison de ventes

25 - [Africa] Set of 4 volumes, in-8:

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€50 - 80

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25%

[Africa] Set of 4 volumes, in-8: 1/ DU CHAILLU (Paul). *L'Afrique sauvage*. New Excursions to the Land of the Ashangos. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1868. Contemporary half-chagrin binding, gilt edges. Traces of a former label at the top of the spine; scattered foxing. One fold-out map, 24 plates, and numerous woodcuts in the text. First French edition, revised and expanded, of this ethnographic and zoological expedition to Equatorial Africa. 2/ LASNET (Dr.) - CHEVALIER (Auguste) - CLIGNY (A.) - RAMBAUD (Pierre). A Mission to Senegal. Ethnography - Botany - Zoology - Geology. Paris, Augustin Challamel, 1900. Paperback with illustrated dust jacket. Spine restored. Illustrations in the text and a fold-out color map. 3/ BABAULT (Guy). Hunting and Zoological Research in British East Africa. Paris, Plon-Nourrit, 1917. Period half-calf binding, covers preserved. First few folios detached. Frontispiece and engravings as separate inserts. 4/ RISBEC (Jean). The Entomological Fauna of Cultivated Areas in Senegal and French Sudan. Paris, General Association of French West Africa, 1950. Full green sheepskin. Spine burnished. Numerous figures in the text and 4 plates as inserts.

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Sale of antique and modern books
Tuesday, December 8
02:00 PM
16, rue Régemortes
03000 Moulins, France

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Richard Maison de ventes +33 4 28 39 00 20 moulins@richardmdv.com
On Drouot for 10 years avec More than 100,000 lots published

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