[North Africa]. - Lot 103

[North Africa]. FROMENTIN (Eugène). Sahara & Sahel. I. A summer in the Sahara. II. A year in the Sahel. Paris, Plon, 1879. Fort in-4. Orange half-maroquin with corners, 5-rib spine, black title page, gilt fleurons, date stamped on tail, double gilt fillet on covers, gilt head (headpieces, nerves and corners rubbed). Signed binding by Dupré. Edition illustrated with 12 etchings by Lerat, Courty and Rajon, one heliogravure by the Goupil process and 45 relief engravings after paintings, drawings and sketches by Eugène Fromentin. Rare. Deluxe edition limited to 208 numbered copies: one of 50 on Whatman (no. 27). With etchings in 4 states (final state, and 3 states before the letter, including one in sanguine and one on Chine), and relief engravings in 2 states (final state and one on Chine).