Chasses au lion et la panthre en Afrique

Benjamin Gastineau/ Gustave Dor, Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette, 1863 First edition of this rare work on Algeria. Illustrated with 17 full-page woodcuts by Gustave Dor. Paperback volume, illustrated, original pink paper cover. 223 pages, 9.5" x 6', (23x14.5cm). Cover faded and with smudges, lined on the back, interior fresh and clean. Hawker's stamp on the half-title page. Very Good -- -- Story detailing the author's adventures in Algeria, divided into 4 parts including "the comic novel of Algeria. The fantasia of Ramadan, Roman Algeria. "Let us forget our morals, our habits, our civilization," writes the author in his introduction, "let us cross the Mediterranean and be African for an hour." Paperback volume, illustrated pink paper cover. Cover faded, lined on the back, interior fresh and clean. Hawker's stamp on the half-title page.

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Publisher: Librairie de L. Hachette

Year: 1863

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

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