CHARMES (Gabriel). Lot n° 30

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). Posthumous first edition of this pleasant report of a trip to Morocco, first published as a serial in La Revue des Deux Mondes: this book "gives a complete picture of Morocco, from Tangier to Fez, and (that) it leaves in the mind a vivid and clear image." Gabriel Charmes (1850-1886), a renowned reporter who traveled throughout North Africa and the Middle East, had accompanied the official mission of Minister Feraud to Fez. He died of tuberculosis on the way back.