Voyages et découvertes dans l'Afrique septentrionale et centrale pendant les années 1849 à 1855 [...]. Deuxième édition.

4 vol., 8vo; 58 pl. (text n.c., map missing; some spotting throughout).

Contemp. half purple shagreen, marbled paper boards, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands (spines sl. faded, corners bumped, boards rubbed).

Second ed. of the French translation. Barth was a German linguist, geographer, anthropologist and explorer of West Africa. His research has brought new elements to the history of this region, thanks to the discovery of 17th-c. Arabic texts from Timbuktu in Mali. His scientific contribution also focused on Lake Chad and the Niger River. Ill. with 4 chromolith., 53 pl. with 92 views and the author's portrait.
Joined: Buls, Ch. - Croquis congolais. Illustrés de nombreuses photogravures et dessins. Brussels, Balat, 1899. 8vo. Red publ. shagreen (corners sl. bumped). Prov. Illegible dedication by the author. (5 vol.)