‎MINISTÈRE DE LA MARINE ET DES COLONIES (Publ.)‎
‎Revue Maritime et Coloniale. Couronnée par l'Académie des Sciences. 128 vols. (Vols. 1-28, 30-79, 86-135.)‎

‎Paris, Librairie de Challamel Ainé, 1861-1897. 8vo. 128 volumes, all except 7 volumes bound in uniform contemporary half calf with gilt lettering. Remaining 7 volumes in half cloth. Two volumes with detached spine. All volumes with gilt stamp to front board and a few volumes with paper label pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Spines with a bit of wear, internally very fine and clean. With numerous folded maps and charts.‎

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‎A fine set, all volumes first editions, of this important travel- and exploration journal, being the official French journal on maritime and colonial exploration in the last half of the 19th century containing numerous papers, maps and charts of hitherto unexplored territory. ‎