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Francois Le Vaillant - Voyage de l


577
Francois Le Vaillant
Voyage de l'Afrique, 2 Bde. 1790
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Le Vaillant, M., Voyage dans l'Intérieur de l'Afrique par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance dans les années 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 et 85. 2 vols. With 2 engr. frontispieces and 10 (2 folding) copperplates. Paris, Leroy 1790. Contemp. half calf. 8vo. XX, 274 pp., 1 l., 287 pp.
Mendelssohn I, 889. - Gay 3118. - Henze III, 229. - Brunet III, 1034. - Cf. Cox I, 389; Engelmann I, 164. - First edition of the travelogue by the Frenchman Levaillant, which was published several times. - Contains the plate La Hottentote, which was replaced with an illustrationm of a tiger in later editions, as well as plates with views of the Cape of Good Hope, natives, giraffes and others. - Somewhat foxed and partly brown-stained, 1 folding plate with crease mark and small brown stains. Binding scraped and bumped, spine ends chipped.



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Francois Le Vaillant
Voyage de l'Afrique, 2 Bde. 1790
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€ 250 / $ 268
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€ 204 / $ 218
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