Illustrated Hunting in Africa

Description

CASTILLON (A.) - ADAM (Victor, lithographs by). Hunting in Africa, illustrated with 8 superb engravings, Paris, Auguste Ghio, n.d. [1858], 225 x 305 mm, 38 pp. & 4 lithographs out of the 8 announced, original cardboard binding (wear), with medallion 'Ecole communale de Nogaro', gilt edges, some faint halos on the first 3 leaves, a few minor stains on margins. Features include Mahounah gorges, Arabian horse, ambush, lioness, wild boar, lion, jackals, griffon vulture, gazelles, ostrich, leopard, hedgehog, swans and hares. Very rare.