Aventuriers et conquerants de Madagascar 1639-1905 by Faurec Urbain - 1939

Tananarive: Imprimerie des Arts Graphiques, 1933. ONE OF ONLY 15 COPIES ON PAPER MADE IN MADAGASCAR, OF THIS LIVRE D'ARTISTE PRINTED IN MADAGASCAR. Illustrated with 12 full-page hors-texts etchings by notable printmaker Urbain-Faurec. From an edition limited to 215 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 15 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE MADAGASCAR WOVE PAPER. This is furthermore a presentation copy with a 5-LINE SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM CHAUMEL TO GENERAL HENRI GOURAUD (1867-1946), a leading military figure both in French Africa and during World War I (at the time this book was published, he was governor general of Paris). Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. Housed in original folding case covered in cloth from Madagascar. A little foxing (as with virtually all books born in the tropics), else FINE AND BRIGHT. The deluxe edition, on Madagascar paper, is extremely rare.

Tananarive: Imprimerie industrielle, 1933. Fine. Imprimerie industrielle, Tananarive 1933, 27x34cm, en feuilles sous chemise toilée à lacets. - Edition originale, un des 100 exemplaires sur madagascar, le nôtre nominatif et imprimé pour Carlo Rim, seul tirage avec 100 navarre et 15 hors commerce. Petites rousseurs sur les plats. Chemise en pleine toile beige, dos lisse, étiquette de titre encollée sur le premier plat, exemplaire complet de ses 6 lacets. Ouvrage bien complet des 11 eaux-fortes d'Urbain-Faurec qu'il a signées au crayon de papier. Envoi autographe signé d'Urbain-Faurec à l'écrivain provençal, caricaturiste et cinéaste Carlo Rim qui fut notamment l'ami de Fernandel, de Raimu et Marcel Pagnol mais aussi de Max Jacob. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]