Madagascar - Lot 641

Madagascar MADAGASCAR - [LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY] The Antananarivo Annual and Madagascar Magazine. A record of information on the topography and natural production of Madagascar, and the customs, traditions, language, and religious beliefs of its people (revised and re-edited by the Rev. J. Sibree and Rev. R. Baron. Antananarivo, London missionary society by native printers, 1885-1900. 6 volumes in-8. Gandidier wet stamp crossed out, repeated on several leaves in the volumes. ½ red chagrin with fillets at corners, title, tomaisons and gilt fillets on smooth spines, red percaline boards, red speckled edges. Appended: ELLIS (William), Reverend: History of Madagascar. London, Fisher, son, & Co, (1838). 2 volumes in-8; color frontispiece, 2 folding maps (Madagascar and Ville d'Antananarivo), 7 plates out of text and one folding table. Figures in the text. Some plates spotted with numerous foxing marks. Contemporary plum calf, spine ribbed, black title-pieces, rubbed and worn, rocaille gilt decoration on boards, cold filleting, gilt roulettes on edges and inside, gilt edges.