J.-L. De Lanessan — La Tunisie

Paris, Felix Alcan, 1887. First edition. Leather. The nineteenth century French statesman Jean Marie Antoine Louis de Lanessan lays out his plans for colonial expansion in this leather bound volume. Jean Marie Antoine Louis de Lanessan's reflects on colonial expansion in this first edition. Published in French. Lanessan was a French statesman and naturalist. After serving in the navy and wartime medical service, Lanessan took a doctorate degree and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in Paris. Prompted by the approaching Paris exhibition, Lanessan went on a government mission to the French colonies in 1886-1887, which led to the publication of the present volume. In a quarter calf binding over patterned boards. Externally, smart. Very lightly rubbed to the boards, with a little creasing of the paper where the paper meets the calf. Lightly rubbed to the spine label. A little bumped and rubbed to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Aside from the first fifty pages, which have a pink mark to the fore edge, pages are age-toned but clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .