GÉRARD Jules Les Chasses d’Afrique.

Thiebaud, 456; Schwerdt, 203 (plates uncoloured).

First edition.

Jules Gérard (1817-1864), an officer in the Spahis regiment and Sporting hunter in North Africa, is the author of numerous books on hunting, the best known of which is Le Tueur de lions (Paris, Hachette, 1855).

Complete with 12 its plates, lithographed by François Grenier and René Demoraine and printed by Lemercier. One of the rare copies with the 12 lithographs coloured at the time, for which Thiébaud notes: ‘Existe avec les planches coloriées’. The Schwerdt copy was the regular, uncoloured issue, and is described as only consisting of “12 toned lithographs”.

Text slightly toned, p.45/46 worn in outer margin.

Fine condition of the plates of this work, which is rarely found on the market.