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AFRIQUE. 7 ouvrages. Collection of 7 books on...

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AFRIQUE. 7 ouvrages. Collection of 7 books on Africa, among which : - SPEKE John Hanning. The Sources of the Nile. Travel Diary. Translated from the English, with permission of the author by E. D. Forgues. Maps and engravings after the drawings of Captain J. A. Grant. Third edition. Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1881. Bound in red half-chagrin, boards in percaline with cold frames, spine with 4 nerves richly decorated, all edges gilt. Small epidermal marks. Some foxing on the edges only, very good condition inside. - CAMERON V.L. A travers l'Afrique. Journey from Zanzibar to Benguela. Translated from English with the author's permission by Mrs. H. Loreau and containing 139 woodcuts, 1 map and 4 facsimiles. Idem, 1878. Bound in dark green half-chagrin, boards in percaline with cold frames, spine with 5 ornate nerves, all edges gilt. Minor spotting. Angular staining on the first few pages, some scattered foxing. - SCHALLER Yves. The Kirdi of North Cameroon. S.l., at the author's, printing house of the last news of Strasbourg, 1973. Paperback, ill. cover. Etc. Set. 7 vols.