- Lot 324

Albert CHAPAUX - The historical, diplomatic Congo... & colonial. Brussels, Charles Rozez, 1894. 280 x 185 mm, red half-chagrin with corners, threaded boards, five-ribbed spine with crowned numeral at the end, gilt head, cover preserved (stitching of the nerves rubbed, corners dull, tear at the first guard). [6], ix, 887 pp. A vast sum abundantly illustrated with 6 maps, sketches and plans interspersed in the text, 163 portraits (military, civil, ecclesiastical), local population, views... The large map announced in the title is absent as always. Provenance: stamp of Albert Poncin (almost erased). Tear at the fold of 1 map as well as in the lower margin of pp. 489-90 & 749-50, qqs. slight traces of handling and pale freckles.