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A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA, IN THE YEARS 1818, 19, AND 20; ACCOMPANIED BY GEOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF SOUDAN, AND OF THE COURSE OF THE NIGER. With a chart of the routes, and a variety of coloured plates, illustrative of the costumes of the several natives of Northern Africa
de LYON, Captain G(eorge) F(rancis)
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Title page and dedication page with dampstaining and restoration; plates with fine contemporary coloring, one with a closed tear
- Librería
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Title page and dedication page with dampstaining and restoration; plates with fine contemporary coloring, one with a closed tear to margin not affecting the image. Hinges starting, covers still firm; rubbing and fading to spine. Very Good. Quarto (8" x 10-1/2") bound in full polished calf leather by Casa Calero Madrid with gilt-lettered spine with four raised bands, all edges marbled; xii, 382, [1] pages. Complete with large folding engraved map and 17 hand-colored lithographic plates after Lyon, by M. Gauci, G. Harley, or D. Dighton. Lyon, disguised as a Muslim, left Tripoli to discover the source of the Niger river. The hand-colored plates depict scenes and traditional Libyan clothes. ABBEY TRAVEL, 404.
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- Librería
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 021505
- Título
- A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA, IN THE YEARS 1818, 19, AND 20; ACCOMPANIED BY GEOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF SOUDAN, AND OF THE COURSE OF THE NIGER. With a chart of the routes, and a variety of coloured plates, illustrative of the costumes of the several natives of Northern Africa
- Autor
- LYON, Captain G(eorge) F(rancis)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Title page and dedication page with dampstaining and restoration; plates with fine contemporary coloring, one with a closed tear
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- John Murray
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1821
- Palabras clave
- 19th Century, Travel, Africa, Hand-Colored Plates
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Africa; Travel; 19th Century; Hand-Colored Plates;
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Charles Agvent
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Charles Agvent
Miembro de Biblio desde 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
Sobre Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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