[IVORY COAST] VILLAMUR, Roger, and RICHAUD, Léon. *Notre Col - Lot 118

[IVORY COAST] VILLAMUR, Roger, and RICHAUD, Léon. *Notre Colonie de la Côte d'Ivoire*. Paris: Challamel, 1903. in-12, brown half-maroquin, spine with fine raised bands, covers and spine well-preserved. XI and 399 pp., 11 plates of photographic reproductions on coated paper and two fold-out maps, one of which is in color. Paper slightly browned, a few pages dog-eared, a small tear at the margin of one plate, a few reader’s annotations. First edition of this study written by two former administrators. Preface by Governor Louis-Gustave Binger, director at the Ministry of Colonies. It provides an overview of the young colony (1893), initially under a protectorate: history, geography, population, administration, natural resources, trade, and economic prospects. In good condition, well bound.