VOYAGE DE MONSIEUR LE VAILLANT DANS L’INTERIEUR DE L’AFRIQUE

Le Vaillant (F.)

Description:

Par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, dans les Années 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85.

2 volumes: I. xxiv, 383. II. 403 pages, engraved frontispiece in volume I, 11 engraved plates – 2 folding, contemporary tree calf – rebacked with dark red and green title labels, marbled endpapers, two bookplates on each of the front paste-down endpapers, some light browning and foxing.

Ogilvie, A Bibliography of Le Vaillaint’s Voyages and Oiseaux d’Afrique, no. 3.

Details:

  • Publisher: Chez Leroy, Librarie
  • Publisher Place: Paris
  • Date of Publication: 1790
  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (205 x 130 mm)
  • Lot No: 247
  • Hammer Price: $420
  • Bids: 2
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  • Estimate: $600/700
  • Reserve: $400

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