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ROUBAUD, Benjamin.
Album D'Afrique. [Souvenirs d'Afrique Costumes francais et indigenes, Scenes et Moeurs]
A delightful, rare book displaying the costumes, Manners, and Customs of a part of Africa via attractive full-page and montage style illustrations.
- Published
- Paris: Gihaut Freres, 1846.
- References
- Not in ABPC or JdA; Gay 837 bis; Bobins I 111 (his example sites 14 lithographs) Colas 2581;
- Plates
- 6
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: Gihaut Freres, 1846.
- Ref
- 87
An Africa Scrapbook. [Souvenirs d'Afrique French and Native Costumes, Scenes and Manners.] A large oblong [port]folio (30 x 37 cm) bound in contemporary cloth over red buckram with 'Afrique' gilt-stamped in on the upper board. Six fine hand-coloured lithographs (of 8) of North African costumes. Slight rubbing to board edges and corners very lightly foxed throughout, but a lovely copy of this very RARE portfolio. According to Gay, only two editions were ever issued; 1 in black-and-white priced Francs 12.- and one in colour at Francs 16. Coloured plates in order: 1. Passementier / Costumes militaires algerians (Tenue de voyage) / Juive / Famile maure allant a la campagne. 2. Colon de 2nd Classe / Zouaves de la 3rd du 4th Classe / Spahis / Bivouac de Spahis. 3. Mauresque / Biskris / Colon de 3rd Classe / Tente arabe. 4. Negro / Bedouin / Mahonnaise / Marchand de limonade / Colon de 1st Classe. 5. Tirailleurs Indigenes (Turcos.) 6. Mauresque.
