Le Congo illustré, Voyages et travaux des Belges dans l'état indépendant du Congo.

4 instalments, sm. folio.

Contemp. half shagreen over blue marbled paper boards (sl. rubbed, corners sl. bumped).

Very rare complete set of this important periodical published during the time when Congo was owned, as private property, by the Belgian King Leopold II. With a rare chromolith. map (vol. II), 10 ill. plates (including the front. of Leopold II, Stanley and Bismarck) and numerous pl. and photographs in-text. Hard to find a complete set.
Ref. BL. - BnF. - Opac KBR (incomplete set).