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971 - OGILBY, John Africa: being an accurate description of the regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid [...]. London Th. Johnson 1670 Folio: [18 incl. front.]-767-[1] pp.; 42 (of 46) pl. (2 botanical pl. and the views of fort Witsen and Salvador missing, few spots). Mod. sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands. First edition of this extensive account of Africa, which is in fact largely a translation of Dapper's "Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche gewesten" (1668). Ill. with a front., large fold. map by J. Van Meurs and 41 plates, almost all double-page, being maps, plans and views. Enriched with a portrait of Al-Rashid of Morocco by Hollar and 5 ff. with 2 pl. each originating from another book. Ref. Cox I:361.
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OGILBY, John Africa: being an accurate description of the regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid [...]. London Th. Johnson 1670 Folio: [18 incl. front.]-767-[1] pp.; 42 (of 46) pl. (2 botanical pl. and the views of fort Witsen and Salvador missing, few spots). Mod. sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands. First edition of this extensive account of Africa, which is in fact largely a translation of Dapper's "Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche gewesten" (1668). Ill. with a front., large fold. map by J. Van Meurs and 41 plates, almost all double-page, being maps, plans and views. Enriched with a portrait of Al-Rashid of Morocco by Hollar and 5 ff. with 2 pl. each originating from another book. Ref. Cox I:361.
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