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AN ACCOUNT OF THE EMPIRE OF MAROCCO, AND THE DISTRICT OF SUSE. Compiled from Miscellaneous Observations Made During a Long Residence in, and Various Journeys Through, these Countries, to Which is Added an Account of Timbuctoo, the Great Emporium of Central Africa
by JACKSON, James Grey
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Slight offsetting from plates to text, otherwise quite clean and fresh; minor rubbing to joints. Near Fine
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer & Co., 1809. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight offsetting from plates to text, otherwise quite clean and fresh; minor rubbing to joints. Near Fine. Quarto (8-1/4" x 10-3/4") bound in full early calf leather with blind-stamped borders to covers, gilt-lettered and blind-stamped spine with five raised bands, all edges decorated; xvi, 287, [1] pages. Complete (despite "Vol. 12" on spine) with 11 (2 colored, 5 folding) aquatint plates and 2 folding copper engraved maps. Extensive travel description of the Kingdom of Morocco where Jackson resided for 16 years gathering information about trade and trade routes to Timbuktu and about the city itself. Covers geography, rivers, climate, mountains, culture, economy, zoology (especially snakes), metallurgy, mineralogy, population, Islam and languages, as well as the pandemic of 1799/1800. Bookplate on front pastedown of Major-General Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet (1761-1827), who from 1820 to 1827 was Governor of Madras.
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- Charles Agvent
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021504
- Title
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE EMPIRE OF MAROCCO, AND THE DISTRICT OF SUSE. Compiled from Miscellaneous Observations Made During a Long Residence in, and Various Journeys Through, these Countries, to Which is Added an Account of Timbuctoo, the Great Emporium of Central Africa
- Author
- JACKSON, James Grey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Slight offsetting from plates to text, otherwise quite clean and fresh; minor rubbing to joints. Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the author by W. Bulmer & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1809
- Keywords
- 19th Century, Travel, Morocco, Africa, Natural History, Snakes, Geography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa; Travel; 19th Century;
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Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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