Heinrich BARTH
Voyages et découvertes dans l'Afrique septentrionale et centrale pendant les années 1849 à 1855[Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa]
A. Lacroix Van Meenen & Cie • Firmin Didot frères, fils & Cie • A. Lacroix & Verboeckhoven & Cie • A. Bohné|Paris • Brussels • Leipzig 1861-1863|14.8 x 23.2 cm|Relié
First edition of the French translation for volumes 2, 3 and 4; second edition of the French translation for volume 1. (Not listed by Gay).
A few occasional spots, not affecting the overall freshness of the copy.
Bound in uniform olive green half percaline, smooth spines with gilt floral device and double gilt rules at foot, boards covered with decorative patterned paper, mauve endpapers and pastedowns, inner hinges discreetly restored with adhesive or partly split, all edges red.
Illustrated with 53 black plates comprising 92 engravings, 4 chromolithographs, a fine folding map of Northern and Central Africa showing the explored areas and the route taken, and a frontispi
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