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[HUNTING - AFRICA] FOA, EDOUARD After big game in Central Africa; records of a sportsman from August 1894 to November 1897, when crossing the Dark Continent from the mouth of the Zambesi to the French Congo.
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1899. First edition. Publisher's pictorial cloth gilt. 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (21.5 x 15.5 cm); xxviii, 330 pp., 10 pp. adverts.; illustrations, map. Some rubbing and wear to extremities, spine a bit dulled, slight lean, hinges cracked but sound, occasional pale spotting, overopened at one spot.
An important hunting journey from 1894 to 1897. Foa collected about 500 animals for the Museum of Paris, including an enormous elephant. Czech, p. 98.
C The Property of a New England Family
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