voyage dans l'afrique occidentale, Edition originale (6 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Gut bis sehr gut. 1. Auflage. First edition of Grandpré's account of his 1786-87 trading expedition along the West African coast. ¶ Description: 2 vols., bound in contemp. mottled calf, with board edges in gilt, flat spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Octavo: 20 × 13 cm; pp.: (vol.1): [2]ll., 32, xxviii, 226; (vol.2): [2]ll., 320. With 13 engravings (8 folded plates and 3 folded maps and plans). ¶ Ref.: Gay 3014; Henze ii, 387 ¶ Condition: Bindings show very minor abrasions and marks of usage; a discolouration in the form of a thin, curved line on the upper board of vol. 1; short splits at head and foot of joints of vol. 2. Inner joints sound. Pages generally bright and clean, though slightly toned with age. Plates with occasional marginal fraying and some age-toning to the edges. ¶ Notes: The French naval officer Louis Ohier de Grandpré (1761-1846) was a fascinating, albeit highly controversial personality. He travelled to Asia, Africa and Europe during a turbulent period (before, during and after the French Revolution) and had a varied career as a shipowner, merchant, secret agent, officer, engineer and writer. Grandpré also spoke several languages, worked as a translator and draughtsman, and was a passionate archaeologist and geographer. He published over a dozen books and articles. But as the son of Louis Athanase Ohier, one of the largest slave traders in France, he was initially trained as a naval officer on his father's slave ship. However, the experiences he had on board prompted him to turn against the slave trade. ¶ The account published in 1801 as "Voyage à la côte occidentale d'Afrique" describes his observations and experiences during a trading mission along the West African coast in 1786-87. Granpré proved to be a keen observer of the customs and traditions of the natives. He describes in detail the nature, products and conditions of trade, in particular the slave trade and the atrocities committed by French slave traders against West Africans over the centuries. ¶.

Couverture souple. Etat : fine. first edition. In-8 (213 x 135 mm) de XVIII, 1 f.n.ch., 304 pp., 2 ff.n.ch., grande carte dépliante gravée. Broché, couverture bleu muette, dos avec pièce de titre imprimée, chemise de demi-maroquin rouge moderne, étui assorti. Gay, 1518; Playfair, 511.Première édition française, traduite par Frasans. L'édition originale anglaise a paru à Londres en 1816. Les deux appendices traitent de la navigation du Haut Niger et des races peuplant "la Barbarie du côté de l'Empire du Maroc".La grande carte, gravée par E. Collin, intitulée "Carte pour servir au voyage de Robert Adams dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique", et couvre le côté ouest de l'Afrique jusqu'à l'Afrique central et le Congo.Très bel exemplaire, non rogné, avec qq. petites corrections manuscrites dans le texte.

Couverture rigide. Etat : Bon. Edition originale. Paris, Dentu, 1801. 2 vol. in-8, (2) ff., 226 pp. ; (2) ff., 320 pp., 2 cartes, un plan et 8 pl. dépl., mouillures claires, relié demi-veau de l'époque , dos lisse avec pièce d auteur et titre, mouillure au 1er tome sur les 10 premiers feuillets , déchirures aux plis de 2 planches. Édition originale rare de la relation de la traite des esclaves que l'auteur a lui-même pratiquée entre l Afrique et l île de France (Maurice) , est décrite dans le dernier chapitre du Voyage à la côte occidentale d'Afrique : ''Commerce et ports.'' (Tome II, pp. 1-68) révélant quelques détails sur l'organisation d'un navire négrier. Le présent ouvrage est abondamment illustré de cartes de la côte d Angola et du Cap de Bonne Espérance, du plan de la citadelle du Cap de Bonne Espérance et de 8 planches dépliantes Dessinées d après nature par Degrandpré et gravées par N.Courbe et Michel , le premier tome comporte en outre un très intéressant vocabulaire congo des pages 156 à 162. Gay 3014.

Bross. coeve con titolo su etichetta cartacea al ds. (mancanze). Fresco esemplare in barbe con arricciature agli angoli delle prime ed ultime carte e qualche rara fioritura. Edizione originale. Resoconto di viaggio del capitano negriero de Grandpré che operò a sud del Congo in seguito al rinnovato interesse colonialista francese per il commercio dei prigionieri provenienti da quella zona e dall Angola. Presente un vocabolario congolese alle pp. 156-162 del primo tomo. Le belle tavole - anche più volte ripiegate - raffigurano costumi e riti delle popolazioni locali. Le due carte geografiche si riferiscono alla costa dell Angola e al Capo di Buona Speranza e suoi dintorni mentre la pianta è relativa alla cittadella fortificata di Città del Capo. Raro. Presente - secondo ICCU - in tre sole biblioteche italiane. 8vo (cm. 21), 2 Voll., 2 c.nn., 32 pp., XXVIII-226 pp.; 2 cc.nn., 320 pp. Con complessive 2 carte geografiche, 1 pianta e 8 tavv. rip. f.t.

Couverture rigide. Etat : Très bon. Edition originale. LXV-1 f. blanc-432 pp.-1 carte repl. h.-t.-8 gravures h.-t., demi-maroquin vert Empire, dos à nerfs, filets or pointillés, non rogné, reliure ancienne, bel exemplaire. Chadenat, 5041. Gay, 2845. Édition originale de la traduction française. VERY NICE COPY.

Etat : Very Good. A complete set of 22 hand-colored illustrations on 11 lithographic plates, removed from the Atlas volume of Raffenel's *Voyage dans l'Afrique Occidentale* published in Paris by Arthus Bertrand in 1846. The plates are titled on the top margin: *Peuples de la Sénégambie* with all 22 illustrations identified on the bottom margin. Landscape folios. About 13 ¼ x 10 inches, including a few at 13 ¼ x 9 ½ inches. Modest soiling to the outer margins, light scattered foxing mostly to the outer margins and versos, very good. A complete set of "The Peoples of Senegal," lithographed after drawings by Raffenel. Anne Jean Baptiste Raffenel (1809-58) was a marine officer and colonial official, who in 1840s was commissioned by the French navy to undertake voyages of exploration into the interior of Africa. In 1843-4 he explored Bambouk, and in 1846-48 he made his way into Kaarta, the country of the Bambara, where he was held prisoner for eight months. Includes several remarkable images of indigenous African women and men in the vicinity of St. Louis and elsewere in Senegal and the Gambia. *Howgego 1800-1850*, W23; Priestley, *France Overseas*, 52; *Gay*, 2915. A list of all 22 identifying captions follows: [Plate 1]. Femme des environs de St. Louis; Yoloff du pays de Wallo. Costume de guerre. [2]. Femme Maure des bords du Senegal; Maure du Senegal. Costume de guerre. [3]. Jeune negre du Wallo; Coiffure particuliere des jeunes genre du Boudon Meidionale. [4]. Griot du pays de Galam. Touant du tam-tam; Costume porte par les jeunes negres. Pendant le mois qui precede la Circoncision. [5]. Samba-Coumba-Diama. Tounka du Galam; Sarracoler-Bakiri. Costume de guerre. [6]. Maure Dorviche; Negre blanc. [7]. Girot du pays de Bondou. Costume de ceremonie; Griotte du meme pays. Costume ordinaire. [8]. Mandingue du Bambouk. Costume ordinaire; Bambara. Costume de guerre. [9]. Femme Peul du village de Kouar-Basniamm; Peul du meme village. Costume de guerre. [10]. Femme Peul du village de Kouar; Peul du meme village. Costume de guerre. [11]. Mandingue du Wolli. Costume de guerre / Femme Foulah du Cantorah (Bords de la Gambie).