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Abbé PROYART

Histoire de Loango , Kakongo et autres royaumes d'Afrique

Mequignon, Paris 1776, In-12 ( 10x17cm), viij, 382pp., relié.

first edition, rare and illustrated with a large folding card on paper.
Binding in full Bastion slightly mottled posterior. Smooth back decorated with 5 irons with oil lamp and castors. Title piece in red morocco. Worn top cap. A lack in tail. Upper joint split overhead over 1.5 cm. Small marginal bites on the first leaves.
Book written by the missionaries Bellegarde and Descourvières in northern equatorial Africa, especially in the kingdoms of Loango and Kakongo, east of Zaire, on the sea (the kingdom of Loango was abolished in 1885). An accurate description of the fauna, flora, inhabitants and their customs and customs, as well as their history and political regimes and the language used by these peoples. Several chapters deal with slavery, Loango was in fact one of the principal places in Africa for slavery, and its principal trade, the slaves were presented as a war-wager, and the city traded especially with Nantes. The second part of the book narrates the mission of the two evangelists, more actually written by Proyart from the memoirs.

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