LYON, Captain G(eorge) F(rancis)

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

London, John Murray, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. 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 .

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Book number: 021505

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: 19th Century, Travel, Africa, Hand-Colored Plates Travel Hand-Colored Plates Africa 19th Century

PFLIEGER, Robert P

Petits Et Grands Seigneurs de Brousse

Bruxelles, Raymond Dupriez, (1939). First Edition. Softcover. Folio (8-3/4" x 11-1/4") in stiff wraps with pictorial self dustwrapper. Copy #144 of 510 numbered copies with French text. Illustrated with photographs by the author and drawings by Paul de Masy of this account of a wildlife-viewing safari in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanganyika. Light foxing on plates, mostly in margins. Unidentified inscription dated April 1939 on front endpaper. Very Good .

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Book number: 020586

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Illustrated Books, French Language, Africa, Natural History Illustrated Books French Language Africa Natural History