LYON, Capt. 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.
Description
First edition. 4to., xii, 383 pp., large folding map hand-coloured in outline (neat repair to fold), 17 hand-coloured lithographed plates by M. Gauci after drawings by the author, nineteenth century brown half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, lightly rubbed, an excellent example.
Bibliography
Abbey Travel 304; Tooley 311; Hilmy I, 397; Colas 1920; Blackmer 1044; Playfair, Tripoli, 147.
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