The Voyages of Cadamosto, and Other Documents on Western Africa in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century
de CRONE, G R (Trans & Ed)
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Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1937. FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship illus & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, folding frontispiece, xlv + 159pp, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping with some sl loss to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)
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- The Voyages of Cadamosto, and Other Documents on Western Africa in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century
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