[CAMEROON]. - Lot 110

[CAMEROON]. Boundary Delimitation Mission. French Equatorial Africa, Cameroon, 1912–1913–1914. [Paris: Marc Imhaus and René Chapelot, ca. 1915]. — In-4, 263 x 193: 52 plates, (1 f.). Publisher’s green percaline cloth binding, gold and black framed plaque on the front cover, embellished with black-and-white photographs in the center and along the edges, plain, unmarked spine. A very rare album documenting the boundary-delimitation mission in French Equatorial Africa led by Captain Louis Périquet (1874–1929) from 1912 to 1914. The “boundary demarcation missions” in French Equatorial Africa (AEF) refer to the colonial expeditions tasked with officially establishing the borders between French territories and those of neighboring powers (such as Anglo-Egyptian Sudan or German Cameroon) in the early 20th century. This album documents the Périquet mission, which established the territorial boundaries between French Equatorial Africa and German Cameroon. It consists of 52 superb photographic plates on heavy paper, mounted on tabs; the first depicts the group that participated in this mission, while the others feature portraits, scenes of daily life, and views of Cameroon. This volume was published without a title. It typically serves as a substitute for Volume II—which was never published—of the General Report on the A.E.F.-Cameroon Boundary Delimitation Mission (1912–1913–1914), published in four volumes by Périquet. Very well-preserved copy.