LOT #37501 |
Sold on Feb 11, 2010 for: Sign-in
or Join (free & quick)
Raymond Thomassy. Le Maroc et ses Caravanes, ou Relations de la France avec cet Empire. Paris: Librairie de Firmin D...
Click the image to load the highest resolution version.
Description
Early Narrative on French Morocco
Raymond Thomassy. Le Maroc et ses Caravanes, ou Relations de la France avec cet Empire. Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1845.Second edition. Octavo. 432 pages. French
Contemporary brown pebbled cloth with blind-ruled spine and gilt titles. text. Rubbing to extremities with minor fading along spine. Bookplates on front pastedown and endpaper. First three leaves detached. Pages toned. A good copy.
Thomassy, a French geologist, sent memoirs to the Society of Muslim-Christian relations in North Africa. "Thomassy curiously combined sympathy for both Islam and French imperial aspirations. He hoped for civilian French emigration behind a military safety cordon so that France could carry out its 'civilizing ascendancy of Muslim races.'" From the Professor John Ralph Willis Collection of Rare Africana.
Staum, Labeling People: French Scholars on Society, Race and Empire, 1815-1848, page 134.
Auction Info
2010 February Signature Rare Books Auction #6038 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
February, 2010
11th-12th
Thursday-Friday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 2
Lot Tracking Activity: N/A
Page Views: 720
Buyer's Premium per Lot:
19.5% of the successful bid per lot.
Shipping, Taxes, Terms and Bidding
Terms and Conditions | Bidding Guidelines and Bid Increments | Glossary of Terms
Important information concerning Sales Tax and Resale Certificates. Learn More
Terms and Conditions | Bidding Guidelines and Bid Increments | Glossary of Terms