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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 223 pages (complete). In French throughout. An excellent copy of this memoir of Prince Nicolas' hunting and collecting trip through the Somali lands and Ethiopia, with his father Prince Dimitri. The Ghikas were part of the older Romanian nobility (a German, from the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, had been elected to the throne in 1866). The princes were voracious hunters (although on this trip their collections proved worthy and notable). The story of this trip revealed the ancient nations of the Ethiops and the Somalis in a way that was revelatory at the time. Illustrated ivory coloured boards. These are lightly worn about the edges and corners. The faces are marked from handling and shelving. The illustration is noble. The contents are in immaculate condition. They are elegant, fresh, very clean and clear, smart, bold, confident. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…