Alfred BERTRAND
Au pays des Ba-Rotsi. Haut-Zambèze. Voyage d'exploration en Afrique et retour par les chutes Victoria, le Matébéléland, le Transvaal, Natal, Le Cap. Ouvrage illustré de 105 gravures et de deux cartes[In the Land of the Ba-Rotsi. Upper Zambezi. Journey of Exploration in Africa and Return via Victoria Falls, Matabeleland, the Transvaal, Natal, and Cape Town. Illustrated with 105 Engravings and Two Maps]
Hachette|Paris 1897|19 x 28.2 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
First edition illustrated with 105 engravings, a heliogravure portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, as well as 2 folding maps at the end of the volume.
Publisher's bottle-green full cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine, upper cover decoratively blocked, bevelled boards, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners lightly rubbed.
A Geneva-born geographer, Alfred Bertrand (1856-1924) undertook numerous journeys for ethnographic purposes as well as missionary work; a fervent Calvinist, he sought not only the conversion of indigenous peoples but also a deeper understanding of their customs, and the destinations of his expeditions were largely determined by the...
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