{"title":"Desray","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"voyage-dans-linterieur-de-lafrique-par-le-cap-de-bonne-esperance","title":"Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le cap de Bonne-Espérance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLEVAILLANT, François. Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le cap de Bonne-Espérance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis: Desray, An VI [1798].\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Followed by:]\u003cbr data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"393\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"445\"\u003e— \u003cem data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"442\"\u003eSecond voyage dans l’intérieur de l’Afrique\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"448\"\u003eParis: Crapelet, An XI [1803].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctavo (216 x 137 mm), 2 volumes [\u003cem\u003eVoyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique\u003c\/em\u003e], T1 - XXXII-383 pp., (1) f., T2 - (2) ff., 403 pp., (1) f., [\u003cem\u003esuivi de 3 volumes du Second Voyage :\u003c\/em\u003e] T1 - (1) f., XLIV-341 pp., (1) f., T2 - (3) ff., 412 pp., (1) f., T3 - (3) ff., 467 pp., (1) f.\u003cbr data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"556\"\u003eFull red morocco, covers with triple gilt fillet borders and a central double fillet panel with Duseuil-style cornerpieces, spines gilt in compartments with false bands, richly gilt tools, gilt lettering (author, title, date, and place), gilt edges, decorative gilt turn-ins; by \u003cstrong data-start=\"835\" data-end=\"856\"\u003eBozérian le Jeune\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExceptional large-paper copies, of great rarity, with all plates in double state.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"1517\"\u003eThese two important voyages — the authorship of which is generally attributed to \u003cstrong data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1044\"\u003eCasimir Varon\u003c\/strong\u003e (1761–1796) — are usually found together (Brunet). Some critics, however, consider that Varon was responsible only in part for the text, arguing that, born in Surinam, he did not fully command the French language. 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The first voyage contains \u003cstrong data-start=\"2019\" data-end=\"2032\"\u003e20 plates\u003c\/strong\u003e depicting indigenous peoples, flora, fauna, and African landscapes including many of Le Vaillant’s camp scenes; eight of these plates were \u003cstrong data-start=\"2172\" data-end=\"2188\"\u003enot included\u003c\/strong\u003e in the original 1790 edition. 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