179 - North Africa - GALIBERT (Léon). Storia d'Algeri [...] Florence, Giuseppe Celli, 1846–1847. 2 volumes, large 8vo, red half-calf, smooth spine decorated with gilded romantic metal tools (pastiche binding).

North Africa - GALIBERT (Léon). Storia d'Algeri [...] Florence, Giuseppe Celli, 1846–1847. 2 volumes, large 8vo, red half-calf, smooth spine decorated with gilded romantic metal tools (pastiche binding). The illustrations include 80 lithographic plates, vividly hand-colored at the time (36 in Volume I and 44 in Volume II). Italian edition of Léon Galibert’s *Ancient and Modern Algeria*, translated by Anicio Bonucci. A comprehensive history of Algeria from antiquity to the French conquest, richly illustrated with 80 beautiful lithographs lavishly hand-colored, depicting views of cities and monuments, costumes, scenes of daily life, and military episodes. A few small foxing spots, a few loose pages, a few imperfections.