UNE EXCURSION au TRANSVAAL (1896; 1st Edition)

''Une Excursion au Transvaal'' par L. de Launay; Paris, Albert Quantin, 1896;

This is an sought after original Press Clipping article ''An excursion to the Transvaal'' by L. de Launay from 1896, outcome of a former French magazine ''Le Monde Moderne'' (Tome IV, Juillet – Decembre 1896), published in Paris by Albert Quantin; Scarce article of 17 pages (9 leaves), illustrated with 15 stunning black & white engravings integrated in the text (including the articles about The Gold Mines of the Transvaal!); This is an original article from 1896 - this is not a modern reproduction!

Louis Auguste Alphonse de Launay (July 19, 1860 - June 30, 1938), was a french geologist and speleologist, specialist of mineral deposits, writer, biographer and poet. In 1895, the French Bank of South Africa hired him as a consulting engineer, in full stock speculation on the gold deposit of South Africa. Next year he published a comprehensive book "The Gold Mines of the Transvaal" (1896), followed by another on the diamond mines (The Diamonds of Cape Town, 1897);

Format of the pages: 24 x 16.5 cm; CONDITION: Slight foxing scattered, othervise the all 17 pages are in immaculate condition.