Buy PICTURESQUE AFRICA. VÍCTOR GIRAUD.

- 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.