Live auction - Lot 869
Vie en Afrique ou Trois ans dans l'Afrique Centrale [...].
Paris, Brussels, J. Lebègue & Cie, 1887
Hammer price: €
90
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
2 vol., 8vo: xxii-500, 528 pp. (occ. foxing, tear in map).
Contemp. half sheep with red cloth and gilt frame on covers, gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers, (spine rubbed, joints splitting).
First ed. of this travelogue by Belgian lieutenant Becker (1850-1912). With author's portrait and 150 pl. in-text by Courtens, Dillens, Frederic, Heins, Lambeaux, Portaels, Smets, Van Camp, Verlat etc.
Ref. BnF. - Opac KBR.