Lot n° 628
Estimation :
300 - 500
EUR
LEGUÉVEL de LACOMBE (B.-F.) - Lot 628
LEGUÉVEL de LACOMBE (B.-F.)
Voyage à Madagascar et aux îles Comores (1823 à 1830). Paris, Desessart, 1840.
2 volumes in-8; illustrated with 2 folding maps (Carte de l'île de Madagascar, a été dressée par H. Dufour, and Plan de la baie de Diego-Suarez) and 8 plates hors texte (including 2 frontispieces). Occasional heavy foxing.
½ green calf, spine ribbed and decorated. A good copy.
First edition of this sought-after work on Madagascar, preceded by a Notice historique et géographique by Eugène de Froberville, linguist and pioneer of ethnology.
This work reports on his stay and provides valuable information on the Malagasy population, economy and culture prior to French colonization.
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