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Account of an expedition to Madagascar

POLLEN, François P.L.
Recherches sur la faune de Madagascar et de ses Dependances, d'apres les decouvertes de Francois P.L. Pollen et D.C. van Dam. 1re partie: Relation de voyage.

With 48 lithograph plates, mostly tinted or chromolithographed, 2 lithograph maps (of which one folding of Madagascar& isle Mayotte), lithographed after the drawings of F. Pollen or  J.G.  Keulemans by P.W.M. Trap and Keulemans, depicting events during the expedition, customs and costumes of the natives (shark fishing, turtle & monkey hunting) etc., steelengravings in text.

With 48 lithograph plates, mostly tinted or chromolithographed, 2 lithograph maps (of which one folding of Madagascar& isle Mayotte), lithographed after the drawings of F. Pollen or  J.G.  Keulemans by P.W.M. Trap and Keulemans, depicting events during the expedition, customs and costumes of the natives (shark fishing, turtle & monkey hunting) etc., steelengravings in text.

With 48 lithograph plates, mostly tinted or chromolithographed, 2 lithograph maps (of which one folding of Madagascar& isle Mayotte), lithographed after the drawings of F. Pollen or  J.G.  Keulemans by P.W.M. Trap and Keulemans, depicting events during the expedition, customs and costumes of the natives (shark fishing, turtle & monkey hunting) etc., steelengravings in text.

With 48 lithograph plates, mostly tinted or chromolithographed, 2 lithograph maps (of which one folding of Madagascar& isle Mayotte), lithographed after the drawings of F. Pollen or  J.G.  Keulemans by P.W.M. Trap and Keulemans, depicting events during the expedition, customs and costumes of the natives (shark fishing, turtle & monkey hunting) etc., steelengravings in text.

With 48 lithograph plates, mostly tinted or chromolithographed, 2 lithograph maps (of which one folding of Madagascar& isle Mayotte), lithographed after the drawings of F. Pollen or  J.G.  Keulemans by P.W.M. Trap and Keulemans, depicting events during the expedition, customs and costumes of the natives (shark fishing, turtle & monkey hunting) etc., steelengravings in text.



Leyden, J.K. Steenhoff, 1868-1877. 5 parts. 4to. Gatherings loose in original beige wrappers as issued. With 48 lithograph plates, mostly tinted or chromolithographed, 2 lithograph maps (of which one folding of Madagascar& isle Mayotte), lithographed after the drawings of F. Pollen or  J.G.  Keulemans by P.W.M. Trap and Keulemans, depicting events during the expedition, customs and costumes of the natives (shark fishing, turtle & monkey hunting) etc., steelengravings in text. 240 pp.

First edition of the complete set of the first part of the account on the expedition to Madagascar by François Paul Louis Pollen (1842-1886) and Douwe Casparius van Dam (1827-1898). These five volumes form the first part of an investigation and report on the expedition covering the natural history and environs of Madagascar, separately delivered in 4 issues. Part II covers mammals and birds, Part IV covers fish, and Part V covers insects and shells. Part III (reptiles) was never published.

Good unopened set.- (Wrappers damaged; some foxing).
Landwehr, Col. Pl. Books, 394; Nissen, ZBI, 3215.

Related Subjects: Africa  Costumes  Discovery & Exploration  Hunting  Natural History  South Africa  Zoology 

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