Lot 08475

[ΓΑΛΑΝΗΣ Δ.]  “Les Nuits du Hoggar. Poemes Touareg recueillis par Georges-Marie Haardt & Louis Audouin-Dubreuil”, Paris, Devambrez, 1926. 4to (28 x 20cm), pp. XV, 90. Numbered copy “430” one of the 400 printed in paper “D’Arches”.

Handwritten dedication and signature in pen by Louis Audouin-Dubreuil. 

Complete with 43 engravings of D. Galanis based on the designs of Robert Rafael Haardt, including: Engraved front cover, engraved title page, Frontispiece, 6 full-page engravings, 16 chapter ornaments and a variety of engraved initials.

The explorers Georges-Marie Haardt & Louis Audouin-Dubreuil were appointed as leading members of the Citroën expeditions, across the Sahara in a half-track in 1922-23 and then in Africa in 1924-25. The current book is issued just after and inspired by the Africa expedition. Scarce edition. Leather spine, very fine condition. [Γαλάνης Εικονογραφημένα, 1926/10].