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Africa - Viaggi - Albrizzi, Giovanni Battista
General history of all Africa with interesting observations, 1787
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€ 300 - 400
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Venice, [Thurs. Batista Albrizzi], 1787. In 8th. 2 vols. I tome with 33 tables and 3 geographical maps folded out of the text, small tear in the inner margin of the general map of Africa and small gap in the upper white margin, the map that describes Cape of Good Hope with tear in the inner margin and on the mirror of the incision, reinforcement along a fold and small gap, small tear in the white margin without loss on plates. by p. 477 and 533, K8 (p. 160) partially detached; II tome with 27 tables and 6 geographic maps folded out of the text, small tear without loss in the lower margin of the map describing the Congo, pl. on p. 320 detached, small woodworm work on the internal white margin of some files, the last three R5-8 papers missing, rare and slight halos and some slight reddening, coeval parchment binding, red spray cuts, title and number of manuscript tome at back, slight defects.
Specialist Notes
Rare. The geographical maps describe: Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Ethiopia or Abyssinia, Congo and Lower Guinea, Caffraria and Monomotapa, Coasts of Barbaria, Island of Cape Verde, Madagascar, Canary Islands, Comora.
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