‎WAUTERS A.J‎
‎L'état indépendant du Congo - historique - géographie physique - ethnographie - situation économique - organisation politique‎

‎L'Etat Indépendant du Congo. Historique, Géographie Physique, Ethnographie, Situation Economique, Organisation Politique.‎

‎ Bruxelles, Librairie Falk P. Weissenbruch, imprimeur du Roi, 1899, format small in-8°, (17,5 x 12 cm). xiii + 527 pp + large folding map. Bound in publisher's brown cloth, Lettering in Black on front cover and spine. Tiny marginal tear in the folding map but still a very handsome copy. One of the first important studies on the history and actual situation of Central Africa (mainly the Congo Free State). This state which became in 1908 ''the Belgian Congo'' and later the Republic of Zaire. Was a private owned state, acquired in1885 by king Leopold II of Belgium. In 1908 he ceded the country to the kingdom of Belgium. This publication contains one of the first thrustworthy maps of the interior of the country. The author was a reknown geographer and editor in chief of the periodical ''Le Mouvement Géographique'' which was subsidised by Leopold II.‎

‎L'état indépendant du Congo.Historique - Geographie physique - ethnographie - situation économique - organisation politique.‎

‎ Bruxelles, Librairie Falk, 1899, in-12°, 18 x 11 cm, xiii pp + 327 pp + large folding lithographic map. Bound in green full publisher's cloth. Black lettering on cover and spine. Nice copy allthough two leaves are partly loose in the binding. Text in French. Original first edition in hardback. Very early study on the independant state of the Congo by Wauters . At the time of publication he was editor in chief of the ''Mouvement Géographique ''.‎

‎L'état Indépendant Du Congo: Historique Géographie Physique Ethnographie Situation Économique Organisation Politique‎

‎Falk fils 1899 527 pages in12. 1899. Cartonné. 527 pages.‎

‎couverture défraîchie mouillure surla tranche intérieur propre carte dépliante in-fine‎