Eugène Fromentin - Un été dans le Sahara - 1857

Eugène Fromentin. A Summer in the Sahara. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1857, 294 pp.

A volume in 12mo (180x110 mm), full blue percaline, smooth spine, gilt title (binding of the period). Wear and rubbing on the boards. Light foxing scattered.

Original edition

The work recounts Fromentin's journey to the south of Algeria in the summer of 1853. He departs from Médéah, advances into the desert, visits El-Aghouat, Aïn-Mahdy and Tadjemout, then stays among the nomads. The narrative also aims to describe the desert landscapes, their variations in tint and light, as well as the populations encountered.