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MACDONNELL, John de Courcy

King Leopold II. His Rule in Belgium and the Congo
London
Cassell & Co
1905
€60 - €90

8vo, viii, 391 pp, with 41 photographic plates, folding genealogical table and a folding map of Congo to the rear. Original brown cloth, lettered in gilt

An uncommon biography of Leopold II and historical sketch of Belgium's rise as a colonial power, focusing particularly on the Congo Free State over which Leopold had personal rule until 1908