Africa Browne W G [Africa]. Browne, W.G. Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the Year T. Cadell Junior and W. Davies, XXXVIII,496p., frontisp. by J. NEAGLE after L. MAYER maps (1x w. itinerary indicated w. green and contemp. simple gilt calf w. red mor. letterpiece, 4to. - Title-p. yellowed/ browned; maps w. offsetting on both adjacent pages and onto the opposite side of the map itself; new endpapers. Binding worn along extremities and covers sl. chafed; rebacked w. modern calf. = Rare. Henze I, p. Cox I, p. Gay Howgego I, B Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p. "(...) Having successfully crossed the desert to Darfur, he was detained by the local sultan for three years until being allowed to return north. His account of the region was to be the first by a European explorer. (...) His description of Egypt is considered one of the best of the period, despite its dry, affected style." (Howgego). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVII. Call for price
Africa Browne W G [Africa]. Browne, W.G. Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the Year T. Cadell Junior and W. Davies, XXXVIII,496p., frontisp. by J. NEAGLE after L. MAYER maps (1x w. itinerary indicated w. green and contemp. simple gilt calf w. red mor. letterpiece, 4to. - Title-p. yellowed/ browned; maps w. offsetting on both adjacent pages and onto the opposite side of the map itself; new endpapers. Binding worn along extremities and covers sl. chafed; rebacked w. modern calf. = Rare. Henze I, p. Cox I, p. Gay Howgego I, B Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p. "(...) Having successfully crossed the desert to Darfur, he was detained by the local sultan for three years until being allowed to return north. His account of the region was to be the first by a European explorer. (...) His description of Egypt is considered one of the best of the period, despite its dry, affected style." (Howgego). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVII. Call for price
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