FOUREAU, Fernand. - Lot 240

FOUREAU, Fernand. Scientific documents of the Saharan Mission. Mission Foureau-Lamy. Paris, Masson et Cie, 1905. 2 large volumes in-4, publisher's paperback and 1 atlas in-4, publisher's hardback (text volume unclipped, small loss on cover of t.1). First edition. 1210 pp, 428 figures and photogravures, in black in-text, and 30 plates, some of them folding in fine. Atlas of 16 color maps. One fold-out table. Impressive work on the French scientific and military exploration mission organized by Fernand Foureau, geographer and explorer, and Commandant Lamy, between 1898 and 1900 across the Sahara towards the French Sudan. This publication of the mission's scientific results follows the account of the mission published in 1902 under the title D'Alger au Congo par le Tchad.