AUD 
CAD 
EUR 
HKD 
PLN 
SGD 
CHF 
USD 
+44 01225 448831
sales@rookebooks.com
1895 De Saint-Louis a Tripoli par le Lac Tchad
What Our Customers Say...
Description
First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Leather Binding
In the original French.
The first edition of Lieut.-Colonel P. L. Monteil's account of his travels to Tripoli and Lake Chad.
Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, a folding colour map to the rear, and sixty-three monochrome illustrations by Riou. Collated, complete.
Parfait-Louis Monteil was a French colonial military officer and explorer who made an epic journey in West Africa between 1890 and 1892, travelling east from Senegal to Lake Chad, and then north across the Sahara to Tripoli. This is an account of his travels.
With the bookplate of Francis E. B. Witts to the front pastedown. He was a Church of England clergyman and amateur bell-ringer.
Monteil was the first Frenchman to travel to Lake Chad, and the first European to reach it via the Atlantic.
Condition
In a half morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. Significant rubbing to back strip, joints, and board perimeters. Small loss of calf to back strip head. Fading to front board perimeters. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright.
Good
Delivery & payment
We send all of our books via courier which is a fully tracked and insured service. In our experience we find this to be the most reliable and quickest form of delivery. Our primary courier is DHL, but we are able to accommodate special requests if required, including postal delivery for items under 2kg. See More Details