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Lecointe, G.
Au Pays des Manchots.
Lecointe, G. Au Pays des Manchots. Recit du Voyage de la Belgica. Expedition Antarctique Belge. O. Schepens, Bruxelles, l904, 1st edition. 368 pp, 26 pp ills. (93 figs. in total), 6 maps total, 5 fold-out which is 1 EXTRA MAP than cited in the only 3 copies described in the past 5 years. White pic. wrappers illus. with photographs & text. Maps carefully restored where an old binding had stitched them shut. Bound in pleasant navy buckram, gilt title on spine. Spence 698. Lecointe was scientific director of the Royal Belgian Observatory & 2nd in command of the expedition. There are several interesting variations between this & the 1910 edition not listed in Spence. Includes an appendix that does not appear in 2nd ed which includes the members of the Belgica Commission 2pp; and a very useful bibliographical reference "Liste des Rapports Scientifiques...vol 1-X with authors & titles of each contribution.
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