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First edition. Very rare brochure printed in Saint-Denis, Ile de La R\u00e9union.<\/span><\/p>\n It is illustrated with a folding plan of the Grand Sable valley at the time of the commission’s visit, drawn by M. D\u00e9ramond and lithographed by A. Roussin, as well as 3 original photographs on albumen paper mounted on leaves each with a separate sheet with caption, taken by A. Roussin from drawings by M. P. Cassien. They show : Vue du Piton du Grand-Sable; Lac form\u00e9 apr\u00e8s l’\u00e9boulis; \u00c9boulis du Piton.<\/p>\n Eug\u00e8ne Jacob de Cordemoy (1835-1911), doctor and botanist, descended from a family that had settled in R\u00e9union in the 18th century. His father, Philippe Antoine de Cordemoy, was Governor of R\u00e9union from 3 November 1795 to 7 October 1803.<\/p>\n Salazie is a commune located in the Hauts de La R\u00e9union region, to the north-east of the Piton des Neiges, in the natural cirque of the same name. On 26 November 1875, after several days of heavy rain, an entire section of the Gros Morne rampart collapsed, and around 20 million cubic metres of rock buried 17 houses in the village of Grand Sable, covering an area of around 22 hectares, killing 63 of the 65 inhabitants.<\/p>\n A good copy preserved in its original wrapper. The printed cover serves as the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 8vo (224 x 142 mm) 28pp., 3 photographic plates (albumin prints) each with a printed caption on a separate sheet, 1 large lithographed folding plan. Original publisher’s green self-wrappers (small stain in outer margin, slightly creased).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":87819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[552],"product_tag":[1224,1360],"class_list":{"0":"post-86450","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-travel","7":"product_tag-colony","8":"product_tag-reunion-island","9":"pa_auteur-jacob-de-cordemoy-eugene-2","10":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"Eug\u00e8ne JACOB DE CORDEMOY","chapeau":"Very rare brochure printed at the Ile de la R\u00e9union\r\nillustrated with 3 photographies","adresse_bibliographique":"Saint-Denis, Typographie de Gabriel Lahuppe, 1876","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n