Versailles, l'auteur, 1885. Two papers in one. Small 4to. Half-titles and titles in red and black; 16; 40 pp.; two chromolithographed folded, tissue-guarded maps, one table. Later blind quarter cloth over marbled boards. Original printed wrappers bound in.

Offprints, on behalf of the author, of works published in the Comptes Rendus de la Société de Géographie de Paris. The author, Roland Napoléon Bonaparte, 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano (1858-1924) was a French prince and president of the Société de Géographie from 1910 until his death (Wikipedia). As a renowned traveller and anthropologist, he was especially interested in Suriname (Dutch Guiana) and Dutch New Guinea, now Irian Jaya. Printed in very small numbers and therefore rare. Provenance: the name A. Beaujon stamped in both title pages top margin. Anthony Beaujon (1853-1890) was a Dutch professor. Also with a small, printed label "Legaat P. A. de Lange" on front wrapper versos. Otherwise very good, clean.