TROLLE, HENRIK AF & HÄGG, JACOB:

Minnen och anteckningar från Ångkorvetten Gefles expedition till vestkusten af Afrika och Medelhafvet åren 1864-1865 under befäl af herr kaptenen och riddaren m.m. A. Pettersén. Stockholm, A. Bonnier, 1867.

. Pp. viiix, 323, (5). With frontispiece, 15 plates and 2 coloured folding maps (one of Egypt and one of the voyage). Contemporary half calf, flat spine ruled in gilt, title label. Copy of Ericsberg castle. The Swedish expedition went to the west coast of Africa; Sierra Leone and Liberia and then continued to Smyrna, Alexandria, Cairo and Suez, and returned via Tunis, Cadiz and Seville. First edition of an entertaining account.

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Boeknummer: 100225

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africa, west africa, liberia, egypt, turkey, africa, afrika, afrique, africana, travel, travels, voyage, voyages, exploration, explore, gefle

LE VAILLANT, FRANCOIS:

Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance. Dans les années 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85. Two volumes. Liege 1790.

. Pp. xxiv, 341; 359. With 12 engraved plates. Contemporary half calf on marbled boards, spine gilt and with title labels. lightly rubbed. Bookplate. Le Vaillant made excursions among the Kaffirs and other tribes in Southern Africa, and extended his researches northward beyond the Orange River. This account covers Le Vaillant's first expedition into the interior of South Africa and contains important observations on the natural history of the region and interesting details about the Dutch settlers. The plates depict views, giraffes and, the native people; Hottentots and Kaffirs. Cf Cox p.389. Cf Gay 3118. Mendelssohn i, 889-92. Cf Nissen ZB 2480.

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Boeknummer: 107

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africa, africa, africana, afrique, afrika, south africa, cape of good hope, travel, exploration, voyage, travels,

VENTURE DE PARADIS, JEAN-MICHEL / JAUBERT, PIERRE AMÉDÉE EMILIEN PROBE:

Grammaire et dictionnaire abrégés de la langue Berbère, revus par P. Amédée Jaubert. Paris, Imprimerire Royale, 1844.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), xxiv, 236. With French and Arabic text. Uncut copy bound in recent half calf, spine ruled in gilt and with title label. Some foxing throughout, mainly in margins. First edition of this rare work which had been preserved in MS form at the Bibliothèque Nationale after Venture's death (1799). In 1844, Amédée Jaubert arranged for it to be printed and it was included in "Recueil de voyages et de mémoires, Société de Géographie" (volume 7). Venture, renowned French orientalist and the king's interpreter for oriental languages. He held various positions as dragoman in Syria, Egypt, and North Africa and was chief interpreter for Napoleon on his expedition to Egypt. However, he had not studied Arabic in academic circles. Venture advocated the need to study oriental languages to promote commercial and political relations. The Berber languages are spoken by groups on the North African coast and far down into the Sahara. Venture incorrectly treats it as a single language, but his work appears to be one of the earliest of importance for the Berber languages.Contains an advertisement by Jaubert and a bibliographical note on Venture by Edme-François Jomard (a travelling companion in the Egyptian expedition). Includes a chapter of Venture's itineraries from North Africa in 1788 which is part of Raynal's papers in the Bibliothèque Nationale. They are mainly devoted to geographical observations. Playfair, Algeria, no 1031. Playfair, Morocco, no 660. Irwin, p.138. Not in Vater, Zaunmüller or Zenker.

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Boeknummer: 121107

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africa, berber, africa, african, afrique, language, langue, linguistic, dictionary, morocco, algeria, arabic, north africa,

VICTORIN, JOHAN FREDRIK / GRILL, JOHAN WILHELM:

Resa i Kaplandet åren 1853-1855. Stockholm, Albert Bonnier, 1863.

. Pp. xvi, 160. With 9 lithographic plates, of which 5 are coloured. Modern boards with original printed wrappers bound in, some staining to first and last few leaves. First edition of this narrative about Victorin's travels in South Africa. Includes interesting information about the fauna, animal life and hunting. Published posthumoulsy by Johan Wilhelm Grill based on Victorin's letters and diary. Not in Mendelssohn. Linnström iv, 794.

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Boeknummer: 99223

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africa, south africa, africa, afrique, afrika, travel, voyages, exploration, explore, african

VICTORIN, JOHAN FREDRIK / GRILL, JOHAN WILHELM:

Zoologiska anteckningar under en resa i södra delarne af Caplandet åren 1853-55. Ur den aflidnes papper samlade och ordnade af J.W. Grill. No place or date. (Stockholm? 1858).

. 4to. Pp. 62. With one plate of "Delphinus victorini Grill". Modern marbled papercovered boards. A zoological memorandum by Victorin of mammals, birds and amphibians discovered during his 16 months' visit to South Africa. He stayed at Cape Town, Knysna and Karroo. In 1855 Victorin returned to Sweden with a comprehensive collection but died soon at only 24 years old. His accurate annotations of the collection as well as valuable information from his diary are posthumously edited and published by J.W. Grill, and presented to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1858. (K. Vet. Akad. Handl. B. 2. no. 10).

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Boeknummer: 100127

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africa, africa, afrika, africana, afrique, zoology, birds, mammals, travel, exploration, south africa, cape town

WACHTMEISTER, HANS:

Turistminnen. Dagboksanteckningar under resor i Egypten, Algier, Spanien, Canariska Öarne, Madeira. Stockholm, Norstedt & Söner, 1885.

. Pp. (vi), 354. Uncut copy in original printed wrappers, starting to split. Spine slightly chipped at head and foot. Contains the author's diary during his travels to Egypt in 1876; Spain and Algier in 1878 &1880 and; the Canary Islands in 1882. An attractive copy.

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Boeknummer: 37047

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africa, africa, africana, north africa, egypt, algier, spain, canary islands, madeiram, travel, voyage, exploration,

WADSTRÖM, CARL BERNHARD:

Observations on the Slave Trade, and a Description of some part of the Coast of Guinea, during a Voyage, made in 1787, and 1788, in company with Doctor A. Sparrman and Captain Arrehenius. London, Printed and Sold by James Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street, 1789.

. Pp. (ii), xii, 67. Title page lightly water-stained and restored at upper margin verso without any loss. Somewhat later green half calf, flat spine stamped in gilt, somewhat rubbed, boards with slight discolouration. Small library label on front endpaper. First rare edition. Sabin 100906. Goldsmiths 14021.Carl Bernard Wadström (1746-99), known as the Swedish philanthropist and Swedenborgian who was involved in the British abolitionist movement. In 1787 the Swedish King Gustav III sent Wadström, together with two other Swedes (Carl Axel Arrhenius and Anders Sparrman) to Guinea to investigate the possibility of establishing a Swedish West African colony. Upon Wadström's return he stayed in England to attend a Swedenborgian conference and was drawn into the ongoing English antislavery campaign. He published this work and "An Essay on Colonization" (1794-5) in which he exposed the cruelties of slavery and claimed that the Africans were worth more as trading partners and wage labourers than as slaves. The works won much recognition around Europe. See: Beskow ÒMinne af Öfver-direktören Carl Bernard WadströmÓ (1861). Cf Dahlgren ÒCarl Bernard WadströmÓ.BOUND WITH (Preceded by): [COSTE D'ARNOBAT, C.-P.]: Voyage au pays de Bambouc, suivi d'observations intéressantes sur les castes indiennes, sur la Hollande et sur l'Angleterre. Bruxelles & Paris 1789. Pp. (iv), 358. Barbier IV 1060. AND: WADSTRÖM, C.B.: Précis sur l'établissement des colonies de Sierra Léona et de Boulama. Paris, Ch. Pougens, 1798. Pp. viii, 80 (of 94), missing 14 pages. French edition. Brunet vi, 28428. Gay 2854. Sabin 100907. Quérard X, 464.

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Boeknummer: 100119

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africa, africa, afrique, africana, afrika, slave, slavery, travel, exploration, guinea, bambouc, senegal, mali, french sudan, sierra leone,

WADSTRÖM (WADSTROM), CARL BERNHARD:

Précis sur l'établissement des colonies de Sierra Léona et de Boulama. A la cote occidentale de l'Afrique. Paris, Ch. Poucens, 1798.

. Pp. viii, 94, errata (1). Uncut copy in later half calf on marbled boards, flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Copy of Ericsberg with bookplate of Carl Jedvard Bonde. Translated into French by Charles Pougens. A report about the proper cause that led to the establishment of the colony of Sierra Leona, followed by an account of the attack on the colony by the French squadron in 1794. Further it comprises an extract of a report to the directors of the S.L. Company about the natural history and the commerce in the colony by J. Boys and Adam Afzelius, and a few letters on the political situation by Padenheim and De Stael. A German edition was issued in 1799. Brunet vi, 28428. Dahlgren" "Carl Bernard Wadström" (1919) pp 45-46. Gay 2854. Sabin 100907. Quérard X, 464.

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Boeknummer: 100322

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africa, africa, afrika, africana, afrique, travel, exploration, slavery,

WALDMEIER, THEOPHILUS:

Tio år i Abessinien, 1858-1868. Jemte förord af D:r L. Karpf. Stockholm, A. Holmberg & Co. för Evangeliska Fosterlands-Stiftelsens förlag, 1870.

. Pp. 128. With one map, 6 lithographed plates and one folding plate with Amharic script. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed. Ownership signature on front end paper. A Swedish edition of "Erlebniss in Abessinien" (Basel 1869) by a Swiss Protestant missionary who spent 10 years in Abyssinia. Cf Gay 2694.

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Boeknummer: 40009

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africa, ethiopia, africa, africana, afrique, afrika, travel, exploration, explore, abyssinia, ethiopia

ZETTERSTÉEN, KARL VILHELM:

Den nubiska språkforskningens histoira. (Mit einem résumé in deutscher Sprache). Uppsala 1907.

. Pp. (ii), 24. As issued in original printed wrappers. Zetterstéen, renowned Swedish orientalist who translated the Koran into Swedish in 1917. He went to Egypt in 1906 to study the language of the Nubian people. (K. Humanistiska Vetenskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala. XI).

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Boeknummer: 99597

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africa, nubia, nubien, africa, afrika, afrique, africana, languagem langue, linguistic, sudan, nubian

ZILCKEN, CHARLES LOUIS PHILIPPE (PHILIP):

Impressions d'Algérie. [Edition with signed water colour etchings]. Paris, H. Flory, Editeur, 1910.

. Large 4to. Pp. xii, 119, (4). Wide margins. Preface by Léonce Bénédite. With thirty (fifteen doublicates) drypoint etchings of which fifteen are watercolours, signed Zilcken. All protected by tissue guards. A few quires starting to loosen. Original printed wrappers housed in a slipcase. From an edition of 120 this is one of only eight copies on Japon with a suite of etchings water coloured by the artist, this is number 3. A few leaves with a tiny marginal stain but overall a lovely and crisp copy of a very attractive work.A wonderful collection of etchings depicting views, landscapes, houses, and people from different parts of Algeria. Zilcken presents an exotic land with appealing and harmoniously colourful images. Philip Zilcken (1857-1930) was a Dutch graphic artist, painter and writer. He was taught by Klinkenberg and Anton Mauve at the Drawing Academy in the Hague. As a printmaker, Zilcken achieved considerable fame, particularly through his reproduction of etchings of works by 17th century masters such as Vermeer. He made several journeys to Algeria and Egypt. An interesting introduction by Léonce Bénédite praising the work (¬Il nous dit luimême son enchantement en mettant le pied dans cette "Casbah fantastique").

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Boeknummer: 35143

Catalogus: Africa

Trefwoorden: Africa, algere, north africa, africa, afrika, african, afrique, travel, exploration, voyage, travels, illsutration, illustrated, etching, etchings, desert