Gay, 2748 ; Numa Broc, p. 64 ; En fran\u00e7ais dans le texte, 243. <\/i><\/p>\n
First edition, rare, of one of the most important travel accounts on Africa. <\/span><\/p>\n Ren\u00e9 Cailli\u00e9 (1799-1838) achieved two important objectives: visiting Timbuktu and returning alive to Europe, and crossing the Sahara from Niger to Morocco. Leaving for the first time to Senegal in 1816 at the age of 16, Cailli\u00e9 returned in 1824 for a third time, encouraged by the award of 10 000 Francs offered by the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de G\u00e9ographie for the first European traveller to return alive from Timbuktu, believing it to be a rich and wondrous city.<\/p>\n Cailli\u00e9 is remarkable for his approach to exploration. In a period given to large-scale expeditions supported by soldiers and employing black porters, Cailli\u00e9 spent years learning Arabic, studying the customs and Islamic religion before setting off with a companion, and later on his own, travelling and living as the natives did. The observation he recorded was very different to Laing who recorded that Timbuktu was a wondrous city. Cailli\u00e9 stated it was a small, unimportant, and poor town with no hint of the fabled reputation that preceded it.<\/p>\n The plates depict the mosque of Timbuktu (plates 4 & 5), folding view of a part of Timbuktu (plate 6), a woman of the city of Timbuktu (plate 2), Ren\u00e9 Cailli\u00e9 reading the Coran (plate 3) and the large folding map by Jomard with the itinerary of Cailli\u00e9.<\/p>\n This copy is inscribed on the verso by the author : “offert \u00e0 monsieur de Gerbidan par l\u2019auteur, Cailli\u00e9”.<\/p>\n A fine good copy, complete with the engraved portrait, the 6 plates called for, and the rare errata leaf missing in many copies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 3 volumes, 8vo (203 x 127 mm) engraved portrait frontispiece by Couch\u00e9 fils, 2 nn.ll., XII, 475 pp. for volume I ; 2 nn.ll., 426 pp., 2 engraved plates (numbered 4 and 5) for volume II ; 2 nn.ll., 404 pp., 1 nn.l. (errata), 3 engraved plates (numbered 2, 3, and 6), 1 large engraved folding map for volume III. Contemporary light brown half-calf over marbled boards, flat spines gilt, speckled edges (head of spine to volume II slightly worn, front hinge slightly split).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":79991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[552],"product_tag":[1352,1264,620],"class_list":{"0":"post-79998","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-travel","7":"product_tag-africa","8":"product_tag-inscription","9":"product_tag-travel","10":"pa_auteur-caillie-rene-2","11":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","13":"first","14":"outofstock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"Ren\u00e9 CAILLIE","chapeau":"The first European traveller to return alive from Timbuktu\r\nA presentation copy","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1830","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n