Sub-tropical Rambles in the Land of the Alphanapteryx.

£500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A thorough topographical, cultural, and ethnographic guide to the island of Mauritius. The author was U.S. Consul at Port St. Louis. First edition; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); 15 engraved plates including frontispiece, 4 folding maps and charts, 33 further in-text illustrations, armorial bookplate to pastedown; publisher's original green gilt pictorial cloth, gilt lettering to spine, slightly rubbed, a very good copy; xviii, 509, [3], 32 (ads. dated October 1872) pp. Toussaint D1262.

• Binding: Hardcover

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