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1 tapuscrit de 182 feuillets thermocollés, s.n. [circa 1970-1975 ] avec qq. corrections manuscrites Tapuscrit apparemment inédit et proposant des "passages marqués en rouge" qui "peuvent être supprimés en tout ou partie selon les besoins". Né en 1916, Henri Vignes (qui écrit ici comme à son habitude sous le pseudonyme de Jean Destieu) fut deux années durant le speaker de la France combattante à radio Le Caire. Attaché en qualité d'expert à l'UNESCO, il accomplit d'innombrables missions au Mexique, à Cuba, en Algérie, en Bolivie, en Iran et Côte d'Ivoire. L'auteur évoque ici les exploration du naturaliste franco-américain Paul du Chaillu (1831-1903), qui à partir de 1855 mène d'étonnants voyages au coeur de l'Afrique inconnue ; Jean Destieu expose ces aventures d'une manière romancée, à la fois exacte et très plaisante. Il le cite en épigraphe : "J'ai fait, à pied et sans être accompagné d'aucun autre homme blanc, environ 2700 lieues. J'ai tué, empaillé et rapporté plus de 2000 oiseaux, dont plus de 60 espèces toutes nouvelles, et j'ai abattu plus e 1000 quadrupèdes dont j'ai empaillé et rapporté 200, avec plus de 80 squelettes. Parmi ces quadrupèdes, il n'y en a pas moins de 20 espèces jusqu'alors inconnues de la science". Français
- Béthune & Arthus Bertrand 1840, 302pp., relié. - Edition originale, très rare, on la confond souvent avec la réédition chez le même éditeur de 1860, plus courante. Une grande carte dépliante du nord-ouest de l'Afrique avec les stations de pêche et les pêcheries projetées ; un plan. Reliure en demi chagrin noir grainé d'époque. Dos à caissons à froid et filets dorés. Une partie de la coiffe de tête arrachée. Légeres traces de frottements. Ensemble très frais imprimé sur beau papier avec quelques rares rousseurs. Découpe au coin droit du faux-titre et à de la page de titre, sans atteinte au texte. Bon exemplaire. Etude sur la pêche en Afrique occidentale, avec les migrations des poissons, les espèces, le type de pêche en Afrique, les sécheries, l'économie de la pêche. NB : Cet ouvrage est disponible à la librairie sur demande sous 48 heures. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
- Hachette et Cie, Paris 1892, Grd. in-8 (18,5x27cm), 513pp. et 416pp., 2 tomes en 2 volumes reliés. - Edition originale, illustrée, de nombreux croquis de détail et cent soixante-seize gravures sur bois d'après les dessins de Riou, dont 26 hors-texte, 5 cartes, sans la grande carte générale annoncée. Reliures en demi basane chocolat d'époque. Dos lisse ornés de filets. Titres dorés. Chiffre en queue DB. Plats de papier rouge et noir. Frottements en coiffes et bordures. Extrémités des coins dénudés de papier. Rousseurs sur les tranches et sur les premiers feuillets, assez rares sur l'ensemble, sur un papier demeuré frais. Dos du premier tome légèrement éclairci uniformément. Bon exemplaire. Mission d'exploration de l'Afrique équatoriale ordonnée par le général Faidherbe ; partant de Bamako en 1887, Bigner parcourut les états de Saory et de Tieba, puis la Volta et explora le pays Mossi pour la première fois. La narration de voyage est extrèmement complète et ne manque aucun domaine, botanique, géographique, moeurs, coutumes... A l'issue de ce voyage, la Côte d'Ivoire deviendra officiellement une colonie française en 1893 dont Binger sera nommé gouverneur. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
- Librairie Hachette, Paris 1895, In-4 (24x31,5cm), 436pp., relié. - Edition abondamment illustrée de 167 gravures sur bois dont 37 hors-texte et 3 cartes en dont une en couleurs. Reliure en demi maroquin noir à coins d'époque. Dos à nerfs orné de 5 fleurons caissonnés. Titre doré. Filets sur les plats. Tête dorée. Couvertures conservées. Exemplaire non rogné. Les 2 coins bas légèrement émoussés, les couvertures portent des rousseurs. Très bel exemplaire, d'une belle fraîcheur, dans une splendide reliure. Le docteur Louis Caltat fut chargé en 1888 d'une mission scientifique d'exploration à Madagascar par le ministère de l'instruction publique. Il parcourut 8000 km durant trois voyages. A son retour, il rédigea ce livre très riche de descriptions, tant sur les moeurs, la géographie, les peuplades, le commerce... Ce voyage avait primitivement paru dans la fameuse revue Le tour du monde sur plusieurs numéros. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 70x51,5cm, une feuille. - Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the "Imperial edition" of the Description de l'Égypte, or 'Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image, otherwise in very fresh, fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The 'Egyptian campaign', militarily a disaster, demonstrates, through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte, the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte [Egyptian Institute] who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge, the chemist Berthollet, the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists, engineers, architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition, the so-called "Imperial" edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats, two of which were specially created for it and christened "Moyen-Egypte" and "Grand-Egypte". A special press was built to print it, the process extending over 20 years, from 1809 to 1829. The "Imperial" edition proved so popular that a second edition, this time in black and white and without the "Egypte ancienne et moderne" watermark - known as the "Royal Edition" - was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, illustrator, diplomat, collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon (the Louvre). His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there, thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51, reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte, the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté (brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, author of Roses), the mineralogist Dolomiue, and the draughtsman Joly, Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When, however, he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798, he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself, he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed "a country that is, apart from its name, entirely unknown to Europeans, and therefore everything was worth describing" (Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant
- C. F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung, Leipzig & Heidelberg 1873, 18,5x26,5cm, relié. - Edition originale. Nach dem von Dr. Kersten während der v. d. Decken'schen Ost-Afrikanischen Expedition im Jahre 1862 und von C. Cooke auf der Insel Sansibar im Jahre 1864 gesammelten Material bearbeitet von A. Gerstaecker. Mit 10 colorirten Kupfertafeln (und nicht 18 wie gesagt), eine von dem mit einem fehlenden Stück). Etabli par A. Gerstaecker d'après les observations recueillies par le Dr. O. Kersten durant l'expédition en Afrique de l'est en 1862 et par C. Cooke sur l'île de Zanzibar en 1864. Comprend 10 planches au lieu de 18, dont une en partie découpée. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 70x51,5cm, une feuille. - Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the "Imperial edition" of the Description de l'Égypte, or 'Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image, otherwise in very fresh, fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The 'Egyptian campaign', militarily a disaster, demonstrates, through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte, the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte [Egyptian Institute] who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge, the chemist Berthollet, the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists, engineers, architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition, the so-called "Imperial" edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats, two of which were specially created for it and christened "Moyen-Egypte" and "Grand-Egypte". A special press was built to print it, the process extending over 20 years, from 1809 to 1829. The "Imperial" edition proved so popular that a second edition, this time in black and white and without the "Egypte ancienne et moderne" watermark - known as the "Royal Edition" - was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, illustrator, diplomat, collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon (the Louvre). His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there, thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51, reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte, the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté (brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, author of Roses), the mineralogist Dolomiue, and the draughtsman Joly, Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When, however, he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798, he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself, he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed "a country that is, apart from its name, entirely unknown to Europeans, and therefore everything was worth describing" (Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant
- Librairie de Guillaumin, Paris 1983, 13x21,5cm, relié. - Edition originale. Reliure de l'éditeur en plein cartonnage noir, dos lisse orné de filets et de caissons à froid, encadrement de filets à froid sur les plats, gardes et contreplats de papier jaune, toutes tranches dorées. Quelques rousseurs, il semblerait que le cartonnage était initialement prévu pour un autre ouvrage dont le nom a été proprement gratté, avant réemploi pour notre exemplaire, au milieu du premier plat. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
- Louis Desessart, Paris 1840, 13,5x22cm, 2 volumes reliés. - Edition originale. Reliures en plein chagrin aubergine, dos lisses décolorés et éclaircis ornés d'arabesques romantiques dorées, filets dorés en têtes et en queues des dos, roulettes dorées sur les coiffes, encadrement d'un filet doré sur les plats ornementés d'arabesques romantiques estampées à froid, premiers plats frappés en leurs centres de feuilles de laurier dorées entourant la mention dorée "Pension Membré à Versailles", gardes et contreplats de papier à la cuve, tranches marbrées, liserés dorés en tête et en pieds des coupes, trois coins émoussés, élégantes reliures romantiques de l'époque. Quelques rousseurs, mention manuscrite à l'encre par un ancien propriétaire en tête d'une garde. Notre exemplaire est incomplet de sa carte. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
- Alfred Mame & fils, Tours 1896, In-4 (26x35,5cm), 288pp., relié. - Edition originale illustrée de 4 aquarelles, 19 photographies et 70 bois gravés dont 17 à pleines pages. Reliure en cartonnage de l'éditeur. Demi veau maroquiné crème. Plats de papier à décor orientalisant or et crème. Les 2 coins du haut émoussés. Très bel exemplaire, au papier immaculé d'une lumineuse blancheur, sur papier couché épais. Récit de voyage du dessinateur, voyageur et ethnographe Gaston Vuillier. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
8vo [23 x 14 cm]; xvi, 456 pp, engraved frontis, engraved vignette on title page with page reference written, large folding lithographed plans of ship Pleiad (clear tape repair on verso), folding map of rivers. later half calf and marbled boards, gilt title lettering on leather spine labels, gilt decorations on spine, few words erased on margin of last page, else clean, near fine in attractively bound cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by em Work 19. 'On October 20 they reached the confluence again. Baikie had the satisfaction of knowing that he had reach a point several hundred mils higher than that previously attained. . . .[the book's] conclusion contains proposals for exploitation of his success. . . The brightest page which Baikie wrote was relegated to an appendix. This was his demonstration of the prophylactic value of quinine by the fact that not one of the Europeans on board the Pleiad died of fever'. (Lloyd - The Search for the Niger). An exciting, important and detailed description of the travels complete with appendices relating to medical, natural history, commercial, geographical, philological, ethnological matters.
thick 8vo [23.5 x 17 cm]; 2 volumes, xxxiii, 649; xv, 638 pp, complete with the 7 maps, 2 of which are folding frontispieces (one with short tear at stub), 4 of the maps are colored, both half-titles are present, tables, extensive index in volume 2. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, gilt pictorial elephant on covers, cover a little spotted, the dust jackets are chipped at edges, with large piece lacking from dj of volume II, interiors are clean and fine, covers sound & solid. A picture of t A very detailed and thorough work of what is now Ghana, from the earliest times and with valuable appendices with bibliography, lists of governors, lists of wars, histories of forts, etc. Conover 578: 'This famous work is particularly valuable in its full treatment of the Ashanti wars. According to the later historian W. W. Ward, every one who writes on Gold Coast history should begin by pouring a libation and sacrificing a sheep in honour of Dr. Claridge, whose monumental History . . .is not likely to be superseded'. Cardinall 1318: 'This is the most important work yet published concerning the history of the Gold Coast and its relationship with Europeans'.
8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; xv, [i, errata], 413 pp, 14 plates, of which 10 are aquatints, including frontis, and 4 are lithographed botanical plates, folding engraved map with engraved cartouche showing the routes of Peddie & Gray, tables. nineteenth century half green morocco, marbled endpapers, joints split with repair, edges worn, map with split at fold and crease, inscription on endpaper, good complete copy with half-title, interior clean, good impressions of plates. A picture of this b Abbey Travel 282. Hess Coger 5524. Gay 2899. Work 22. Originally under the command of Major Peddie, who died before reaching the borders of Senegal, at which time Gray took the leadership of the expedition, with Dochard and seven men reaching Segu in 1818. Dochard died shortly after. The fine aquatint plates are after Gray's sketches, mostly are of scenes, people, costume, buildings, with one showing 8 musical instruments. The appendix lists the various presents to the kings of the countries passed through.
8vo [20 x 13 cm]; 3 volumes, xliv, 304 [ii, errata]; 426, [ii, errata]; [iv], 525, [ii, errata sheet] pp, 22 fine engraved plates including many folding. contemporary full tree calf, gilt spine title lettering on leather labels, lower edges worn, light dampstain on some leaves, spine a bit rubbed but a very good sound and clean set, with all the half-titles. A picture of this book is available upon request Mendelssohn, I, 892, 889, 890: 'His description is unique for this period, as little information respecting these regions had been published up to this date'. Mendelssohn claims the first edition was in 1796, An 4 of the republic, which was issued with a map, not issued in this earlier edition. The second expedition was to Namaqualand, Damaraland, Bechcuanaland and the Kalahari Desert. It provides an interesting and early narrative of South Africa at a time when it was little known. The plates, including of giraffe and of hippopotamus, which were little known then, the local people, and several views . Wood 433, 434. His many references to birds and animals became useful primary sources for many later works by other authors. A classic work on African travel.
4to [29 x 24 cm]; vii, 333, [ii, ads dated March, 1822] pp, 18 engraved plates and maps including 2 folding maps, folding plate and frontis. original boards, joint split but holding, old hand-written title on front board, printed title label on spine, engraved bookplate of Percival Ross Frames, early owner's note on title, inscribed 'from the Author' on endpaper, dampstains, else very good. A The authors followed Burckhardt up the Nile. Dressed as Turks, they ascended the river as far as Merowe. 'He gave a polished and amusing account of his experiences' (Moorehead, The Blue Nile). Waddington did the actual writing of the book and the original sketches which include scenes of the pyramids at El Bellal, the Castle of Koke, a Nubian ferry-boat, figures of Bacchus, temple at Djebel el Berkel, sculptures, temples, a native of D'Ongola, etc. Gay 2693. Lowndes 2802. Abbey Travel 289.
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 70x51,5cm, une feuille. - Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the "Imperial edition" of the Description de l'Égypte, or 'Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image, otherwise in very fresh, fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The 'Egyptian campaign', militarily a disaster, demonstrates, through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte, the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte [Egyptian Institute] who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge, the chemist Berthollet, the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists, engineers, architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition, the so-called "Imperial" edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats, two of which were specially created for it and christened "Moyen-Egypte" and "Grand-Egypte". A special press was built to print it, the process extending over 20 years, from 1809 to 1829. The "Imperial" edition proved so popular that a second edition, this time in black and white and without the "Egypte ancienne et moderne" watermark - known as the "Royal Edition" - was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, illustrator, diplomat, collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon (the Louvre). His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there, thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51, reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte, the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté (brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, author of Roses), the mineralogist Dolomiue, and the draughtsman Joly, Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When, however, he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798, he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself, he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed "a country that is, apart from its name, entirely unknown to Europeans, and therefore everything was worth describing" (Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant
2 10.5x5.6 cm., 384 ; [2], 387-800, [16] pp., frontespizio inciso in rame nel primo volume, legatura coeva in pergamena, titolo manoscritto al dorso, lievi bruniture, esemplare ben conservato Deliziosa edizione elzeviriana di questa importante descrizione della geografia, dei popoli, costumi e religioni dell'Africa Settentrionale e Subsahariana. L'opera costitu? per molti secoli il riferimento principale su cui si basarono i geografi e gli esploratori europei interessati all'Africa.
A Paris, A la librairie nationale étrangère et chez Locard et Davi, libraires, 1821 - 1822. 10 volumes in-8 reliés plein veau blond de l'époque. Dos lisse ornés de filets dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaisons noires. 5 Cartes dépliantes et 20 gravures hors texte. 1 mors fendu au tome 1 (2cm) et petit accroc sans manque en coiffe du tome 5. Intérieur très frais exempt de rousseurs. Complet en 10 volumes. Tomes 1 et 2 : Afrique. Tomes 3 et 4 : Asie. Tomes 5 et 6 : Amérique. Tomes 7 et 8 : Europe. Tomes 9 et 10 : Océanie. Bel ensemble
Hoch- und Querformat. (ca. 11,5 x 8,9 cm). 10 Photographien. Original-Photographien mit teils schwarzem Bildrand, Rückseiten vereinzelt mit Notat. Photographien gut erhalten, leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Altersentsprechend guter Zustand. Die Aufnahmen haben sämtlich das selbe Format und fotografische Bildqualität, auch der schwarze Bildrand ist identisch. Eine der Aufnahmen enthält auf der Rückseite den Stempel: "Oelpalme Vorwerk Muanga". Die anderen Aufnahmen enthalten leider nur Ziffern oder in einem Fall die Bemerkung "Doppel". Muanga wird in zeitgenössischen Schriften in einem Zuge mit den Orten rund um das Kamerungebirge genannt. Konkret wird der Ort mit der 'Westafrikanischen Pflanzungsgesellschaft Victoria' in Verbindung gebracht. Diese koloniale Pflanzungsgesellschaft war in Kamerun tätig. Da die Photographien zudem aus einer privaten Sammlung stammen, welche sich insbesondere auf Südkamerun konzentrierte, ist hier höchstwahrscheinlich von Plantagengebieten im Süden Kameruns auszugehen. Die historischen Aufnahmen stammen aus der deutschen Kolonialzeit selbst. Erst mit Kriegsverlauf ab August 1914 wurden die Gebiete enteignet und anderen Kolonialmächten übergeben, wobei auch die genannte Pflanzungsgesellschaft in den 1920er Jahren die verlorenen Plantagen teils zurückkaufen und fortgesetzt bewirtschaften konnte. Die sehr interessanten Ansichten zeigen Pflanzungen, zahlreiche hohe Palmen, Flüsse und Gewässer, teils mit kleinen schmalen Booten. Auf mehreren Aufnahmen sind auch afrikanische Arbeiter auf den Plantagengebieten zu sehen. Hervorhebenswert und für weitere Auseinandersetzung sicher auch aufschlußreich ist jene Aufnahme, welche koloniale Gebäude entlang von Bahnschienen zeigt. Es sind hierauf mehrere Arbeiter neben kleinen Containern (kippbar) zu sehen. Hier handelt es sich wohl um eine zur Plantage gehörende Kleinbahn, im Falle der Westafrikanischen Pflanzungsgesellschaft wäre dies die sogenannte Victoria-Pflanzungsbahn. Historische Bilder mit konkreten Bezügen zur Kolonial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte im heutigen Kamerun!
Una bella mappa dell'Africa Meridionale, a sud dell'equatore, che incluso tutto il Madagascar, con due interessanti inserti del Capo di Buona Speranza, negli angoli in basso. La carta si basa sulla mappa di Visscher del 1710.Incisione in rame in perfette condizioni, ricca di dettagli e con colorazione originale. A fine map of Africa south of the Equator including all of Madagascar, with two interesting insets of the Cape of Good Hope. At left is a plan of Table Bay with an elevation of Table Mountain, and at right is a large plan of the Cape Colony with extensive detail and fairly accurate topographical information including the names of early landowners. The main part of the map includes the various native kingdoms of the interior and what was known then of the coastline, much of which is fictitious. The cartography is based on Visscher's map of 1710.
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 71x53,5cm, une feuille. - Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the "Imperial edition" of the Description de l'Égypte, or 'Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image, otherwise in very fresh, fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The 'Egyptian campaign', militarily a disaster, demonstrates, through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte, the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte [Egyptian Institute] who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge, the chemist Berthollet, the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists, engineers, architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition, the so-called "Imperial" edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats, two of which were specially created for it and christened "Moyen-Egypte" and "Grand-Egypte". A special press was built to print it, the process extending over 20 years, from 1809 to 1829. The "Imperial" edition proved so popular that a second edition, this time in black and white and without the "Egypte ancienne et moderne" watermark - known as the "Royal Edition" - was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, illustrator, diplomat, collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon (the Louvre). His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there, thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51, reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte, the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté (brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, author of Roses), the mineralogist Dolomiue, and the draughtsman Joly, Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When, however, he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798, he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself, he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed "a country that is, apart from its name, entirely unknown to Europeans, and therefore everything was worth describing" (Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 71x53,5cm, une feuille. - Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the "Imperial edition" of the Description de l'Égypte, or 'Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image, otherwise in very fresh, fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The 'Egyptian campaign', militarily a disaster, demonstrates, through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte, the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte [Egyptian Institute] who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge, the chemist Berthollet, the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists, engineers, architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition, the so-called "Imperial" edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats, two of which were specially created for it and christened "Moyen-Egypte" and "Grand-Egypte". A special press was built to print it, the process extending over 20 years, from 1809 to 1829. The "Imperial" edition proved so popular that a second edition, this time in black and white and without the "Egypte ancienne et moderne" watermark - known as the "Royal Edition" - was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, illustrator, diplomat, collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon (the Louvre). His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there, thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51, reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte, the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté (brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, author of Roses), the mineralogist Dolomiue, and the draughtsman Joly, Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When, however, he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798, he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself, he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed "a country that is, apart from its name, entirely unknown to Europeans, and therefore everything was worth describing" (Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 71x53,5cm, une feuille. - Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the "Imperial edition" of the Description de l'Égypte, or 'Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image, otherwise in very fresh, fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The 'Egyptian campaign', militarily a disaster, demonstrates, through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte, the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte [Egyptian Institute] who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge, the chemist Berthollet, the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists, engineers, architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition, the so-called "Imperial" edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats, two of which were specially created for it and christened "Moyen-Egypte" and "Grand-Egypte". A special press was built to print it, the process extending over 20 years, from 1809 to 1829. The "Imperial" edition proved so popular that a second edition, this time in black and white and without the "Egypte ancienne et moderne" watermark - known as the "Royal Edition" - was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, illustrator, diplomat, collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon (the Louvre). His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there, thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51, reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte, the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté (brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, author of Roses), the mineralogist Dolomiue, and the draughtsman Joly, Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When, however, he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798, he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself, he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed "a country that is, apart from its name, entirely unknown to Europeans, and therefore everything was worth describing" (Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant
- Editions Privat, Toulouse 1979, 16,5x24cm, agrafé. - Edition originale de ce tiré à part. Rare et émouvant envoi autographe daté et signé de Germaine Tillion sous son pseudonyme de résistante, Kouri, à son amie la résistante Denise Vernay, surnommée Myarka dans la Résistance, avec qui elle fut internée en camp de concentration : "Pour Myarka, le premier exemplaire en priorité. Kouri." Agréable exemplaire malgré une trace de pliure angulaire en tête du premier plat. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
Storia delle conquiste, delle vittorie e nuove scoperte de' francesi dopo la presa d'Algeri fino ai giorni nostri. 2voll.-formato in 8°-legatura in mezza pelle con carta marmorizzata ai piatti- 868+720 pagine-95 illustrazioni eseguite in litografia con colorazione a mano coeva, 60 nel primo vol. e 35 nel secondo vol.- piccolo restauro a pagina 720 ed al''ultima tavola del II vol.-pubblicato a Firenze presso Civelli 1850-1851. Legatura da riordinare.
