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Unique collection of beautiful travel books Vol. I : Africa, Asia

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Lot n° 1

ALGÉRIE et divers. —

ALGERIA and others. - Interview of Marshal Soult and Marshal Bugeaud, at the castle of Soultherg, or Small tragi-comic scene, extracted from the great drama which for fifteen years has been played with all kinds of variations, on the political theater...

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Lot n° 2

ANGOLA. —

ANGOLA. - Rohan-Chabot mission. Angola and Rodhesia. 1912-1914. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1923-1930. 5 vol. in-4, paperback. The set contains: vol. II (map of the regions); vol. III, fasc. 1 (linguistics, southwestern group of Bantu languages); vol....

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Lot n° 3

ANGOLA. — DELACHAUX (Théodore).

ANGOLA. - DELACHAUX (Théodore). Ethnography of the Cunene Region. 2nd Swiss scientific mission to Angola 1932-1933. Neuchatel, Imprimerie Paul Attinger, 1936. In-8, paperback. EAS of the author. 88 plates. Jointly by the same author and CH.-E. THIEBAUD....

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Lot n° 4

ARENBERG (Prince Pierre d').

ARENBERG (Prince Pierre d'). Journey to the Egyptian Sudan. Paris, Lahure, 1904. In-4, green half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine decorated and mosaic, faded, covers preserved. Binding signed Pagnant. Numerous illustrations in and out of text....

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Lot n° 5

AUTOMOBILE. —

AUTOMOTIVE. - The Raid to Cape Town by the F. N. 10 C.V. Slnd (1928). Brochure in-8, cover illustrated by Auguste Mambour, stapled in a cardboard folder. Publicity brochure established by La Fabrique nationale which manufactured the famous car for the...

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Lot n° 6

AUTOMOBILE. — VALLEE (Jean).

AUTOMOBILE. - VALLEE (Jean). Raid Alger-Dakar-Alger by the Tanezrouft (December 1929-January 1930). Photo album in-folio oblong, half navy blue cloth, signed Bèque, case. 176 photos (17X12,5) pasted on 44 cardboard pages. Beautiful album of 176 photographs...

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Lot n° 7

AZAÏS (R. P.) et R. CHAMBARD.

AZAÏS (R. P.) and R. CHAMBARD. Five years of aecheological research in Ethiopia, Harar province and southern Ethiopia. Paris, Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1931. 2 vol. in-4, vol. of text in paperback, uncut, and an atlas in sheets. The text...

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Lot n° 8

BALLU (Albert).

BALLU (Albert). The ruins of Timgad. Seven years of discoveries (1903-1910). Paris, Neurdein Frères, 1911. In-8, black half-chagrin, covers preserved. Illustrated with 26 plates and 19 plans. Joint: - CINTAS. Fouilles puniques à Tipasa. Algiers, Algerian...

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Lot n° 9

BARATIER (Colonel).

BARATIER (Colonel). African epics. - In the Congo. Memories of the Marchand mission. Paris, Arthème Fayard, (circa 1912-1914). 2 vol. in-8, decorated percaline publisher, cover cons. Numerous illustrations by Pouzargues.

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Lot n° 10

BARROW (John).

BARROW (John). General map of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. Paris, Picquet. 1 map in 10 parts pasted on canvas, in a modern basane slipcase. This map (950 x 490 mm) was drawn during John Barrow's voyage in 1787-1798, and consists of 3 parts:...

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Lot n° 11

BAYE (Baron de).

BAYE (Baron de). Note on the barbaric jewels in the shape of flies. Paris, Nilsson, 1895. In-8, paperback. Illustrations, including 1 color plate. Separate edition of the Mémoires de la Société Nationale des Antiquaires. Joint : MERCIER (Ernest)....

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Lot n° 12

BÉHAGLE (Ferdinand de).

BÉHAGLE (Ferdinand de). Commercial journey to the Chad basin (Central Africa). Marseille, Barthelet, 1896. In-12, paperback, spine redone. EAS of the author. Attached: - CHALLAYE (Félicien). The French Congo. Paris, Cahiers de la quinzaine, 1906. In-12,...

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Lot n° 13

BERTRAND (Alfred).

BERTRAND (Alfred). In the country of the Ba-Rotsi. Upper Zambezi. Paris, Hachette, 1898. In-8, publisher's green percaline, gilt decoration on the first plate, gilt head. An account of an exploratory journey to the Upper Zambezi among the Ba-Rotsi...

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Lot n° 14

BIBESCO (Princesse).

BIBESCO (Princess). Day of Egypt. Paris, Flammarion, 1929. In-12, paperback, with all margins. First edition. One of the 30 first copies on hollande. Slight foxing. Joint from the same author : Croisade pour l''anémone (Letters from the Holy Land). Paris,...

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Lot n° 15

BORY (Paul).

BORY (Paul). The explorers of Africa. Tours, Mame, 1889. In-4, full publisher's green percaline, polychrome decoration on the first plate and on the back, gilt edges. Numerous illustrations in the text. Stain at the end of the book. Work to the glory...

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Lot n° 16

BOUQUANT (Maurice) et Albert MAHUZIER.

BOUQUANT (Maurice) and Albert MAHUZIER. Adventures in Chad in kayaks on the Chari and on the Chad. Paris, L'Ermite, 1949. In-8, paperback, illustrated cover. Preface by Paul-Émile Victor. Map in fine. Photos. Spine partly detached. Enclosed: - JOHNSON...

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Lot n° 17

BROWNE (W. G.).

BROWNE (W. G.). New journey in the high and low Egypt, Syria, the Dar-four, where no European had penetrated; made since the years 1792 until 1798. Paris, Dentu, An VIII - 1800. 2 vol. in-8, calf with roots, triple gilt fillet, smooth spine decorated,...

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Lot n° 18

BUCHANAN (Capitaine).

BUCHANAN (Captain). Set of 12 photo postcards of crossing the great Sahara. (circa 1921). 1 volume in-4, modern burgundy half-maroquin. Collection of 12 postcards of crossing the Sahara by Captain Angus Buchanan.

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Lot n° 19

BURTHE D'ANNELET (Lieutenant-Colonel).

BURTHE D'ANNELET (Lieutenant-Colonel). Through French Africa. From Senegal to Cameroon by the Libyan confines and to Morocco 1935 by the Saharan confines. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1939. 2 volumes in-4, paperback. Account of the itinerary traveled, passing...

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Lot n° 20

CAILLIAUD (Frédéric).

CAILLIAUD (Frédéric). Autograph letter signed. Dated Marseille du Lazareth, 15 Oct. 1818, to his parents. A double ff. in-4. "I still have fifteen days of quarantine, after which I will be free (...). Unfortunately my mummies and other boxes of antiquities,...

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Lot n° 21

CAILLIÉ (René).

CAILLIÉ (René). Journal d'un voyage à Temboctou et à Jenné dans l'Afrique centrale, précédé d'observations faites chez les Maures Braknas, les Nalous et d'autres peuples; pendant les années 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1830....

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Lot n° 22

CAILLIÉ (René).

CAILLIÉ (René). Autograph letter. Dated Paris, March 13, 1830, 1 f. in-4. René Caillé (1799-1838) was the first western explorer to return from Timbuktu, Mali, which he had reached in 1828. He published his famous "Voyage à Tombouctou" in 1830. In this...

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Lot n° 23

CANNIBALISME. —

CANNIBALISM. - Among the man-eaters. Film report by André-Paul Antoine. Etablissements Roger Weil, (1929). Stapled booklet in-4. Nice illustrated cover signed by Pierre Ichac. Photograph by Robert Lugeon. Rare. Attached: - TITAYANA, A.-P. ANTOINE and...

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Lot n° 24

CARSON (Blanche Mabury).

CARSON (Blanche Mabury). From Cairo to the cataract. Boston, L. C. Page & Co. 1909. In-12, publisher's illustrated percaline, gilt head. First edition of this travelogue on the Nile in November 1907. It is illustrated with a frontispiece, a map and...

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Lot n° 25

CART (Léon).

CART (Léon). In Sinai and Arabia Petra. Neuchatel, Attinger, 1915. In-8, green percaline, gilt title on the first cover, smooth spine (Binding). Numerous illustrations. From the Bulletin de la société neuchateloise de géographie.

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Lot n° 26

CATAT (Dr Louis).

CATAT (Dr. Louis). Journey to Madagascar (1889-1890). Paris, Administration de l'univers illustré. In-8, publisher's red percaline with large black and gold decoration on the first plate and the back, gilt edges. Slight rubbing, small stains on the...

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Lot n° 27

CHAILLU (Paul du).

CHAILLU (Paul du). Travels and adventures in equatorial Africa. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1863. In-8, red half-chagrin, gilt edges. Enlarged, revised and illustrated edition. Habits of the inhabitants, gorilla, crocodile, leopard, elephant hunting... Slight...

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Lot n° 28

CHAMPOLLION.

CHAMPOLLION. Monuments of Egypt and Nubia. Paris, Robert Laffont, 1990. In-folio, in sheets, blue cloth folder decorated, publisher. Album of reproductions of the 30 most beautiful plates of the original edition of 1845, some in color.

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Lot n° 29

CHAMPOLLION.

CHAMPOLLION. Egyptian grammar. Intitut d'Orient, 1984. In-folio, fawn box decorated with cold on the first plate, case (Rel. éditeur). Reproduction of the original edition of Firmin Didot frères, 1836. One of the 200 first copies bound.

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Lot n° 30

CHARMES (Gabriel).

CHARMES (Gabriel). An embassy in Morocco. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1887. In-12, green morocco, multiple gilt fillets in frame, spine with ornamented nerves (dark), interior frame, double marbled paper endpapers, gilt edges on marbled boards (L. Pouillet)....

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Lot n° 31

CHEMINADE.

CHEMINADE. Journal of travels. 1803-1846. Collection of travel manuscripts, in a very legible handwriting, composed of 7 parts, cachiers of formats in-4 or in-8, green half-basin (slightly rubbed), smooth spine (Binding around 1860), modern case. Interesting...

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Lot n° 32

CHEVRILLON. (André).

CHEVRILLON. (André). The Puritans of the desert (South Algerian). Paris, Plon, (1927). In-8, brown half-maroquin with corners, spine gilt, untrimmed, covers and spine preserved (A. and J. Ferret). First edition of this story in 3 parts ("Les puritains...

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Lot n° 33

CINTAS (P.).

CINTAS (P.). Two research campaigns in Utique. French archaeological mission in Tunisia, 1951. In-4, paperback. Joined 2 brochures in-8: - TOUTAIN (Jules). New discoveries on the road to Turris Tamalleni. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1907. - REYGASSE...

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Lot n° 34

CLERMONT-GANNEAU.

CLERMONT-GANNEAU. El-Kahf and the Cave of the Seven Sleepers. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1899. In-8, paperback. On the location of the cave in the Christian story of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus. Joint: KAMMERER. The Rover of Dom Joam de Castro....

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Lot n° 35

COILLARD (François).

COILLARD (François). On the Upper Zambezi. Travels and missionary work. Paris, Berger-Levrault et Cie, Geneva, Jeheber, 1898. In-4, grey publisher's percaline decorated with a large green and silver decoration. First edition of this account of the foundations...

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Lot n° 36

COLLECTIF.

COLLECTIVE. François LE VAILLANT, traveler in Southern Africa and his collection of 165 watercolors. 1781-1784. Cape Town, Library of Parliament, 1973. 2 volumes in-4, full blue calf, spine gilt, edges gilt (Binding). First edition containing the complete...

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Lot n° 37

CONINCK (Frédéric de).

CONINCK (Frederic de). On the piercing of the Isthmus of Suez. New considerations. Le Havre, Lemale, 1859. In-8, paperback. Some foxing. Joint 4 booklets in-8, bound: - LAIR (Jules). The captivity of François Pouqueville in Constantinople (1800-1801)....

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Lot n° 38

CROISIÈRE NOIRE. — CARTES POSTALES. —

BLACK CRUISE. - POSTCARDS. - Citroën expedition Central Africa. - Citroen expedition Central Asia. Respectively 19 and 23 postcards, blank on the back, some stamped. Very nice condition.

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Lot n° 39

CROISIÈRE NOIRE. — DESMEURES (Victor).

BLACK CRUISE. - DESMEURES (Victor). The Black Cruise. Poster signed and dated "V. Desmeures 1926" : 156 x 115 cm, support 162 x 121 cm. Paris, Les Presses Universitaires, 1926. Superb poster designed by V. Demeures (1895-1978) for the silent documentary...

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Lot n° 40

CROISIÈRE NOIRE. — HAARDT (Georges-Marie) & Louis AUDOIN-DUBREUIL.

BLACK CRUISE. - HAARDT (Georges-Marie) & Louis AUDOIN-DUBREUIL. The black cruise. Citroën Centre-Africa expedition. Paris, Plon, (1927). In-4, havana morocco with black and ochre tribal motifs cold-stamped on the boards, dark ribbed spine, gilt head,...

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Lot n° 41

CROISIÈRE NOIRE. — HAARDT (Georges-Marie) & Louis AUDOIN-DUBREUIL.

BLACK CRUISE. - HAARDT (Georges-Marie) & Louis AUDOIN-DUBREUIL. The black cruise. Citroën Centre-Africa expedition. Paris, Plon, (1927). In-4, paperback, illustrated cover with flaps, uncut. First edition, illustrated with : - 80 plates out of text...

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Lot n° 42

CROISIÈRE NOIRE. — IACOVLEFF (Alexandre).

BLACK CRUISE. - IACOVLEFF (Alexander). Drawings and paintings of Africa. Paris, Lucien Vogel, Jean Meynial, 1927. In-folio, in a fawn sheepskin publisher's folder, cold title on the first cover, modern cloth endpapers and flaps, contemporary leather...

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Lot n° 43

CROISIÈRE NOIRE. — IACOVLEFF (Alexandre).

BLACK CRUISE. - IACOVLEFF (Alexander). The Amenokal Akhamouk. Signed and captioned lower right, undated. Sanguine, charcoal and pastel on paper (54,5 x 72,5 cm); in a beautiful frame with a flat gilded rod, carved with arabic motifs (80 x 97,5 cm). Powerful...

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Lot n° 44

CROISIÈRE NOIRE. — IACOVLEFF (Alexandre).

BLACK CRUISE. - IACOVLEFF (Alexander). Ansongo. 1924. Charcoal, ochre and black drawing (64.3 x 49.2 cm), located, dated, signed and lower left and with ex-dono lower right. View of the village, with its traditional huts, the inhabitants sketched in the...

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Lot n° 45

CROISIÈRE NOIRE. — IACOVLEFF (Alexandre).

BLACK CRUISE. - IACOVLEFF (Alexander). Portrait of a young African woman, head in three-quarter view. Pastel and charcoal on cardboard (38 x 49.5 cm), with a remark in the upper right corner, a sketched woman's head. Faint inscription in the lower right...

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Lot n° 46

CROISIÈRE NOIRE. — IACOVLEFF (Alexandre).

BLACK CRUISE. - IACOVLEFF (Alexander). Naked seated man. 1924-1925. Pastel on paper, burnt sienna color, the outlines underlined with black pastel, the cap enhanced in yellow (40,5 x 51,2 cm), under a blackened wooden frame, gilded borders (small lacks,...

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Lot n° 47

CROISIÈRE NOIRE. — IACOVLEFF (Alexandre).

BLACK CRUISE. - IACOVLEFF (Alexandre). Elephants of Api. Api, Belgian Congo, 1925. Black pastel on cardboard (75 x 56 cm), dated, situated, signed Iacovleff lower right. Under a gilded wooden frame. The elephants, tied by the leg, are lined up behind...

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Lot n° 48

CROISIÈRE NOIRE. — PHOTOGRAPHIES. —

BLACK CRUISE. - PHOTOGRAPHS. - Black Cruise. (1924-1925). Album in-8 oblong, replaced in a modern green half cloth binding with bands, in a slipcase. Album of 30 original photographs taken in Missions in Black Africa, or showing scenes of daily life....

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Lot n° 49

CROISIÈRE NOIRE. — SPECHT (Georges).

BLACK CRUISE. - SPECHT (Georges). Haardt, Bettembourg and Audouin-Dubreuil at the hunting camp of Am-Dafok. 1924-1925. Silver print pasted on dark gray cardboard. 29.2 x 20.4 cm, framed (45 x 38 cm). The three men study a document in front of their tent. Georges...

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Lot n° 50

CROISIÈRE NOIRE. — SPECHT (Georges).

BLACK CRUISE. - SPECHT (Georges). Citroën expedition to Central Africa. 2nd Mission. Haardt - Audouin-Dubreuil on the banks of Lake Nyassa. 1924-1925. Silver print pasted on cardboard (29,3 x 17,5 cm), caption in white ink, framed. (43 x 31.5 cm). Members...

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