Auguste CHERBONNEAU
Relation du voyage de M. le capitaine de Bonnemain à R'Dâmes (1856-1857)
Arthus Bertrand|Paris 1857|14 x 22.5 cm|Broché
Very rare first edition, privately printed in a very small number of copies, of this offprint from the Nouvelles annales des voyages, June 1857. (cf. Gay, 418).
Some foxing.
Complete in its original state with the large folding map inserted at the end.
Jacques-Auguste Cherbonneau (1813–1882), founder of the Archaeological Society of Constantine, provides here an account of the exploratory mission to the southern region of the Regency of Tripoli, culminating in the city of Ghadamès.
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