GALIBERT (Léon).

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1800 - 2000 EUR
GALIBERT (Léon).
L'Algérie ancienne et moderne depuis les premiers établissements des Carthaginois jusqu'à la prise de la smalah d'Abd-el-Kader. Vignettes by Raffet et Rouargue frères. Paris, Furne et Cie, 1844. Large in-8, contemporary binding in red chagrin, gilt decoration on the boards formed by a large scalloped garland within a double frame of fillets with corner fleurons à la Du Seuil, finely decorated ribbed spine, inner lace, white embossed moire grades, gilt edges (Lardière). First edition. Copy with title dated 1844 (cf. Carteret, III, p.254). 24 plates hors texte sous serpentes engraved on steel by Rouargue frères, headers, footers and 12 plates hors texte of coloured military costumes engraved on wood after Raffet and a coloured folding map of Algeria. Superb copy, as new, in a delightful decorated binding of the period signed by Lardière
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