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ALGERIA. GALIBERT (L.). L'ALGÉRIE ANCIENNE ET...

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[ALGERIA]. GALIBERT (L.). L'ALGÉRIE ANCIENNE ET MODERNE from the first settlements of the Carthaginians to the capture of the smalah of Abd-El-Kader. P., Furne, 1844. Large in-8 black half-chagrin with corners, smooth spine decorated with special gilt irons, marbled edges (Binding of the time). Light wetness in the lower margin of the first third of the book, rubbing to the binding, very scattered foxing. FIRST EDITION. 24 steel engraved plates and woodcuts in the text by Raffet and Rouargue frères, one folding map in color. Copy preserved in its publisher's binding with MAGNIFICENTLY decorated spine. ¶ Tailliart, 1296.