1 volume. First edition 1861.
Publishers black embossed cover with large gilt 'gorilla' vignette.
Gilt titles with embossed panels to spine.
xviii, 479 pages.
Fold-out plate frontispiece.
Title vignette.
Full-page wood-engraved plates.
In-text illustrations throughout.
Large fold-out lithograph map at rear.
Name on inside and small tape repair.
Du Chaillu, a French-American traveler, zoologist and anthropologist
became famous in 1860's as the first modern European outsider to
confirm the existence of Gorillas and the Pygmy people of Central Africa.
There are conflicting dates for his birth but it is accepted as between
1836 and 1839. He died in St Petersburg Russia in 1903. Du Chaillu
sold his hunted Gorilla, to the Natural History Museum in London and
his "Cannibal Skulls" to European collector's and Museums. He also
identified many new species to science.
Recorded shipping weight 1500g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 23 x 16 cm
- Sold By: West Clare Rare Books
- Contact Person: Tom Moloney
- Country: Ireland
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 0657087803
- Preferred Payment Methods: Credit Cards - PayPal - Cheque.
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
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