North America - COTTEAU (Edmond). Six thousand... - Lot 85 - Hôtel des ventes d'Évreux

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North America - COTTEAU (Edmond). Six thousand... - Lot 85 - Hôtel des ventes d'Évreux
North America - COTTEAU (Edmond). Six thousand leagues in sixty days (North America). Auxerre, Imprimerie de Gustave Perriquet, 1877. In-8 paperback, printed cover. Itinerary of the author in fine. Light wetness, small scattered freckles. Journalist and photographer Edmond Cotteau (1833-1896) became a contributor to Le Temps and Le Tour du monde, leading the life of a globe-trotter and taking pictures of a rare quality for his time. He travelled to the Americas in 1876-1877, India in 1878-1879, Central Europe, Japan and returned to China and Indochina in 1881-1882. He made a circumnavigation of the world by sea in 1883-1884, in 364 days, widely covered by the French press. He was also a secret agent in the service of France. In his accounts of his travels, he provides many details on the architecture and customs of the peoples he met.
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