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La Barbarie Africaine et L'action Civilastrice de Missions Catholiques au Congo et dans L'Afrique Equatoriale, Contenant, comme Preliminaries, un Chapter sur le Mouvement Antiesclavagiste et le Discours du Cardinal Lavigerie a Londres
by Gochet, Alexis Marie; Alexis M. -G
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About This Item
Liege (Belgium): H. Dessain, Imprimeur-Editeur, 1889. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 298 pages, indexed. Hardcover rebound in black buckram (NOT an ex-library copy). There is minimal wear to the binding. Prior owner's bookplate on the front pastedown (George Breathett, a professor at Bennett College in Greensboro, NC in the 1950s-1960s). The text is toned but clean and sound. Text is in French. The title translates to, "African Barbary and the Civil Action of Catholic Missions in the Congo and Equatorial Africa Containing, as Preliminaries, a Chapter on the Anti-Slavery Movement and the Speech of Cardinal Lavigerie in London." Scarce First Edition; the title page states, "1st Edition, Speciale pour la Belgique.
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- Title
- La Barbarie Africaine et L'action Civilastrice de Missions Catholiques au Congo et dans L'Afrique Equatoriale, Contenant, comme Preliminaries, un Chapter sur le Mouvement Antiesclavagiste et le Discours du Cardinal Lavigerie a Londres
- Author
- Gochet, Alexis Marie; Alexis M. -G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- H. Dessain, Imprimeur-Editeur
- Place of Publication
- Liege (Belgium)
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.10 lbs
- Keywords
- 1889; M. G. Alexis; Alexis Marie Gochet; Cardinal Charles Lavigerie; Africa; Missions; Catholic Missions; Missionaries; Congo; Anti-Slavery Movement; French; French Language; George Breathett; Bennett College; Greensboro, North Carolina; 19th Century; Bel
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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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