COLLECTIF. Lot n° 36

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 works of the naturalist and traveler Le Vaillant, belatedly discovered in 1963. One of the first 100 numbered copies bound in full calf. Illustrated with : - 9 monochrome plates including 1 frontispiece portrait. - 81 reproductions of watercolors and prints in color. - 2 folding maps. Stained boards.