Author: [BYLANDT, Jules van - Otto van BYLANDT]
Title: Dwars door Afrika. Zijn laatste reis.
Description: 's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1908. 26 x 20 cm. [6],236,[4] pp. Original gilt lettered cloth, top edge gilt. With fronitspiece portrait, small map on title, and b/w illustrations in text after photographs taken by the author. - The last journey of the Count of Bylandt - Jules Ernst Otto Anne Adriaan van Bylandt (1863-1907) - in 1906 from 'Britsch Centraal Afrika' to 'Congo Vrijstaat'. - Van Bylandt was an adventurer, globetrotter and fanatic bobsledder - 'he seems to have in him the energy of five Englishmen' - he was killed during the winter sports in Sankt Moritz in February 1907. - 'Dwars door Afrika' is posthumously published and annotated by his cousin Otto van Bylandt on request of Jules his sister Louise van Bylandt [Kasteel Amerongen]. - A tiny worn on extremities, else a otherwise good copy

Keywords: Broer van Louise van Bylandt; Gravin van Bylandt ; Kasteel Amerongen