Null Allgemeine Historie der Reisen
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Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und Lande, oder Sammlung aller Reisebeschreibungen, ... Vol. 4. Lpz., Arkstee and Merkus 1749. 4°. With 44 (of 46) partly folded. Copper plates and maps. 4 pp., 726 pp., 25 pp. cloth (traces of use, corners damaged). Griep/Luber 17. Cox I, 32: "Valuable". - Travelogues from West Africa: Guinea, Benin, Angola, Loango, Congo, etc. Single volume of the travel work edited by J.J. Schwabe and others. - Without the engravings: ground plan of the English fort at Sukonda and elevator to the Temple of the Serpent. Slightly browned, partly slightly stained, 1 copper loose.

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Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und Lande, oder Sammlung aller Reisebeschreibungen, ... Vol. 4. Lpz., Arkstee and Merkus 1749. 4°. With 44 (of 46) partly folded. Copper plates and maps. 4 pp., 726 pp., 25 pp. cloth (traces of use, corners damaged). Griep/Luber 17. Cox I, 32: "Valuable". - Travelogues from West Africa: Guinea, Benin, Angola, Loango, Congo, etc. Single volume of the travel work edited by J.J. Schwabe and others. - Without the engravings: ground plan of the English fort at Sukonda and elevator to the Temple of the Serpent. Slightly browned, partly slightly stained, 1 copper loose.

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