Baptiste-Charles BRUNON

Mémoire sur les fouilles exécutées au Madras'en, mausolée des Rois de Numidie par la Société archéologique de Constantine en avril, mai & juin 1873, suivi des plans, coupes et élévations nécessaires à l'intelligence du texte

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[Report on the Excavations Carried Out at the Madras'en, Mausoleum of the Kings of Numidia, by the Archaeological Society of Constantine in April, May & June 1873, Followed by the Plans, Sections and Elevations Necessary for the Understanding of the Text]

Typographie L. Arnolet|Constantine s. d. [1873]|14 x 22 cm|Broché

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⬨ 89629

First edition, printed in a small number of copies, of this offprint from the Recueil des notices et mémoires de la Société archéologique de Constantine de l'année 1873.

Not in Tailliart.

Front wrapper detached then reattached, losses to the spine, small chips to the corners.

Scarce work illustrated with 14 plates printed hors texte and numbered I–XII (including plates VI bis and ter). Not in Tailliart.

A volunteer in the Corps of Engineers from 1841 onward, Baptiste-Charles Brunon (1821–1888) spent most of his military career in Algeria; after the 1871 war he returned to oversee the Engineering Corps in Constantine.