Voyage dans l’Afrique occidentale, Anne Raffenel. Published by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1846. Atlas. Two lithographed folding maps and 7 of 11 hand-colored lithographs. Folio up to 15″ tall. Map 1: part of the course of the Senegal, the Falémé and the Gambia and Map 2: part of the Falémé between Sansandig and its mouth in the Senegal. Plates: 3. Jeune negre du Wallo / Coiffure particuliere des jeunes genre du Boudon Meidionale. 4. Griot du pays de Galam. Touant du tam-tam / Costume porte par les jeunes negres. Pendant le mois qui precede la Circoncision. 5. Samba-Coumba-Diama. Tounka du Galam / Sarracoler-Bakiri. Costume de guerre. 6. Maure Dorviche / Negre blanc. 7. Girot du pays de Bondou. Costume de ceremonie / Griotte du meme pays. Costume ordinaire. 8. Mandingue du Bambouk. Costume ordinaire / Bambara. Costume de guerre. 11. Mandingue du Wolli. Costume de guerre / Femme Foulah du Cantorah (Bords de la Gambie).
Pebbled black boards in fair condition; lacks spine back strip. Binding is weakened and final 3 plates are detached. One plate has moderate light foxing one plate has 2 small foxing marks; the remaining plates are fine. Closed tear to first map along Atlantic Ocean; both maps have light foxing spots. Bookplate of John Ralph Willis (1938-2007), a prominent African American educator and art collector.
