Esquisses Sénégalaises (Atlas volume only)

Paris: P. Bertrand, 1853. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. Title page; 29pp.; 24 color plates (complete). Bound in printed French-folded thin paper wrappers. Tears and a modest chip along the flaps covering the foredge, some foxing on the text pages, very good or better, the plates are fine. Lithographed plates by Llanta and printed by Lemercier in Paris. Boilat was one of the earliest indigenous French Catholic priests as well as one of the first native inhabitants to write a book on the history and customs of Senegal, providing an insider's view of the society. This companion volume of his work *Esquisses Sénégalaises* contains the illustrated color plates by Boilat bound together in its original wrapper.

Plates are as follows:

1. Signare.
2. Homme Serere.
3. Femmes Sereres.
4. Mari de la Reine du Walo, Wolof.
5. Reine du Walo, Woloffe.
6. Thiedo.
7. Femme Mandingue.
8. Marchand Wolof.
9. Femme Wolof portant son enfant.
10. Marabout Mandingue.
11. Prince Maure, Trarzas.
12. Princesse Mauresse, Trarzas.
13. Maure Orfevre, Trarzas.
14. Jeune Maure, Darmenkour.
15. Mauresse, Braknas.
16. Mauresse Dowiche.
17. Homme Peule.
18. Femme Peule.
19. Toucoulaure. Grand Marabout du Fouta.
20. Homme et Femme Toucoulaures. Marabout faisant un Grigri.
21. Homme Sarackouille.
22. Femme Sarackouillee.
23. Homme Bambara.
24. Femme Bambara.