Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, aux sources du Sénégal et de la Gambie, fait en 1818, par ordre du gouvernement français

First edition illustrated with 4 plates and one large folding map at the end of the first volume.
Contemporary half brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with 2 grotesque compartments, 2 fleurons and rules in place of raised bands. Havana calf title label and volume label. Restorations to foot headcaps and gilding. One lack at foot of volume 2. Upper joint of volume 2 cracked at head and split in several places. Some scattered foxing.
While the Treaty of Paris had just restored Senegal to France, Mollien, a simple marine clerk and survivor of the Medusa shipwreck, was dispatched to Africa by the French government for a geographical and political mission. In search of the sources of the Senegal and Gambia rivers, Mollien must also seek to counter English advances. One of the first exploratory voyages to Senegal. At the end of volume 2, itinerary, vocabularies of the Wolof, Fulani and Serer languages; Geographical observations on Mollien's discoveries by Eyriès.