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[SAHARA]
DAUMAS (Lieutenant-Colonel)
The Algerian Sahara. Geographical, statistical and historical studies on the region south of the French settlements in Algeria.
Paris, Langlois and Leclercq, Fortin, Masson and Co., 1845.
In-8, midnight blue half-chagrin. Spine with faux raised bands, decorated with gilt metalwork. XVI–339 pp. Scattered foxing.
Daumas (1803–1871) took part in the campaigns of Mascara and Tlemcen. An Arabist, he served as Consul in Mascara to Emir Abd El-Kader from 1837 to 1839, then directed and reorganised the administration of the Arab offices from 1841 to 1847. At Bugeaud’s instigation, he compiled *The Algerian Sahara* based on a vast number of indigenous accounts and supported by extensive documentation, thereby paving the way for the exploration of the desert. A document of the highest order.
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