Ferdinand-Auguste LAPASSET
Aperçu sur l'organisation des Indigènes dans les territoires militaires et dans les territoires civils[Overview of the Organization of Indigenous Peoples in the Military and Civil Territories]
Dubos frères|Algiers 1850|18.5 x 27.5 cm|Broché
Rare first edition (cf. Playfair 1406; Fiori 245; Tailliart 2970).
Spine split with some loss, upper wrapper slightly soiled at the margins, internally in pleasant condition.
Rare, though in the condition described.
The central argument is that the indigenous population should be governed not according to French ideas, but in accordance with their own customs and expectations.
At the head of the upper wrapper, signed autograph presentation inscription from Ferdinand-Auguste Lapasset to M. Frédéric Lacroix, former Prefect of Algiers,
€650