Haussmann

1866 · ref. 91302 — Clichy: Imprimerie de Maurice Loignon 1866. Fine. Imprimerie de Maurice Loignon Clichy 1866 14.2 x 22.5 cm Relié First edition cf. Mendelssohn I 696; not recorded by Gay. Some foxing. Contemporary half tawny sheep spine in five compartments with raised bands bands tooled with gilt dotted rolls and decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons blue shagreen title-piece author""s name in green shagreen marbled paper boards marbled endpapers top edge red period binding. Auguste Haussmann Winterzenheim 1815 – Alger-Mustapha 1874 a diplomat was appointed French consul at the Cape of Good Hope where he collected traditions still current among the descendants of the French Huguenots who had settled at the Cape after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Pages 1 to 134 contain an excellent description of the Cape; pages 135 to 343 comprise a substantial body of historical information 1652–1862 together with observations on the products and trade of the colony. Imprimerie de Maurice Loignon hardcover