Land and peoples of the Kasai, being a narrative of a two years' journey among the cannibals of the equatorial forest and other savage tribes of the South-Western Congo.

8vo: xx-356 pp. (spotting).

Orig. ill. publ. cloth (spine faded, lacks of cloth to the spine and in the ill. on front cover).

First edition of this ethnological study of the Kasai people, with some digressions to the surrounding country. Ill. with a folding map "Belgian Congo. Part of the Kasai Basin", 8 full-page colour plates (incl. front.) and numerous b/w ill.
Ref. Opac KBR. - BL.
Joined, 3 booklets on the Belgian Congo, 8vo, sewn: 1. Lemaire, Charles - Congo. District de l'Équateur. Station d'Équateurville. Observations météorologiques faites du 15 avril 1891 au 31 décembre 1892. Brussels, Société générale d'imprimerie et de publicité, ancienne maison Vanderauwera, (1893), (unopened). - 2. Rolin, Henri - La question coloniale. À propos d'un livre récent. (Extrait de la Revue de l'Université de Bruxelles). Liège, Impr. La Meuse, 1906. - 3. Gernaert, Jules - Le Congo belge. Le fond du sac. Suite de Congophilie. Brussels, O. Lamberty, [1914], (foxing). (4 vol.)