Geoffroy De Villeneuve, Rene Claude (R. G. V.).
L'Afrique, ou histoire, moeurs, usages et coutumes des Africains. Le Sénégal, I-III. [THREE VOLUMES].
Paris, Nepveu, 1814. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes. 24mo. Pp. viii, 174, 25 (Vocabulaire de la langue Ouolofe); 176, (ii) Errata; 222. Plus a total of 27 plates including 3 different hand-coloured frontispieces, 2 folding lithograph maps, 1 monochromatic lithograph, and 21 hand-coloured lithograph plates of which 3 are double-page. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in contemporary crimson morocco and blue boards, gilt spines; extremities rubbed, inner hinges starting, bit spotted here and there. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. The first 3 volumes (of 4) of this renowned work. Bound in the original binding, this set has not been trimmed short for rebinding as it is common in most other copies we have seen. It has the original, larger size then most other copies (15x9 cm) and it keeps the ample margins around text and plates as when issued. G-1 OUT .
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Keywords: AFRICA ANTHROPOLOGY NATIVE ABORIGINAL INDIGENOUS NOISBN