PICTURESQUE AFRICA. VÍCTOR GIRAUD.

Description:
- Travel book on Africa.
- Picturesque Africa. The Great Lakes region by Victor Giraud. The Congo. Explorations in West Africa by Saborgnan de Brazza. Splendidly illustrated edition.
- The author, a French scholar and literary critic, received the gold medal for literary criticism, and was made a knight of the legion of honour. He was called the Sainte-Beuve of his time.
- Edition full of engravings in monochrome black, on his travels through the African continent.
- The first part on the lakes of equatorial Africa, and the second, three years in the Congo.
Parts of the contents:
- Single volume. English copy.
- Beige cardboard slipcase. Respect leaf. Title page. Legal page. Title page. Legal page. The lakes of equatorial Africa. Three years in the Congo. Table of contents. Respect leaf. Beige cardboard flyleaf.
Book Description:
- Sewn binding of good execution, with guillotined cuts.
- Text in single-colour black printing, very good ink, with good stamping, and generally well centred and with good margins.
- Engravings both inserted in the text and full-page, mostly in monocolour in black. They are well stamped and well centred.
- Text and engravings on very brittle tan paper, of medium thickness and regular quality.
- Hard covers in red half cloth, with stamping in gilt and black, and maroon leather spine with ribs and stamping in gilt, of good quality.

Conservation and Damage:
- The general condition of the book is - The book has suffered stains and rubbing.
- The pages of the text are in fair condition, as the paper used is of fair quality and over time has become very brittle, tearing very easily.
- There is a stain affecting the text, produced by a foreign body, between the first page of the book (flyleaf), and its influence extends to page 47.
- The leaves corresponding to pages 1, 2, 175, 176, 185, 186, 207, 208 have significant tears, which have been repaired to prevent further deterioration.
- Numerous leaves with small tears, also repaired.
- The engravings are in good condition, some of them have small parts affected by rust.
- The flyleaves are in good condition, with folds and rust stains, but intact.
- The covers are in very good condition, only the spine is somewhat worn, with rubbing on the edges, but in good condition.
- The cuts are well preserved, have small black specks and with little soiling.

Comments:
- Both the Measurements, as well as the Weight, are approximate.
- The tones of the colours in the photos are not the same as the tones of the real colours.
- The Book for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos.
- The description is not a detailed exposition of the book.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.
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