CARBUCCIA (Jean-Lucien-Sébastien). - Lot 46

CARBUCCIA (Jean-Lucien-Sébastien). Algerian Army. Dromedaries as beasts of burden and war animals. Le Régiment des dromadaires À l'Armée d'Orient (1798-1801). Paris: Librairie militaire de J. Dumaine, 1853. - In-8, eggplant half-chagrin, ornate spine, speckled edges (period binding). Rare first edition of this work containing the two reports by general and archaeologist Jean-Lucien-Sébastien Carbuccia (1805-1854), in which all questions relating to the use of the dromedary are dealt with. The first report, made in January 1844, is addressed to Marshal Bugeaud, Governor General of Algeria. It addressed "the natural history of the animal from a physiological point of view" and "its suitability as an animal of war". The second was written in July 1844. It also deals with the natural history of the dromedary, as well as its habits and hygiene, and examines convoys and the organization of mounted corps. A precious copy by Baron Jean-Baptiste Michel de Trétaigne, military physician and politician, the last mayor of Montmartre and the first mayor of the 18th arrondissement in 1860. It later passed into the collection of politician François GUIZOT (1787-1874), successively Minister of the Interior, National Education and Foreign Affairs, then President of the Council. Finally, it became part of the library of photographer and military man Marquis Gustave de Courcival (1834-1908), who served mainly in Algeria. This copy includes an original silver print of General Carbuccia, with a double red stamp of Ambroise Tardieu in Royat on the verso. There are also 3 L.A.S. from the general, from 1853, one page in-32 square, from February 22, 1854, one page in-4 and from May 10, 1854, one page in-8. Spine faded, some spotting. Scattered foxing. Provenance: Jean-Baptiste Michel de Trétaigne, with bookplate. - François Guizot, with stamp on title (sale 1875, I, 1687). - Gustave de Courcival, with his name stamp on the false title.