I Negri della Nigrizia occidentale e della interna e I Mori e Arabi erranti del Saara e del deserto di Libia, quali per l'industria della R. Societa Africana di Londra furono or dianzi altri riveduti e altri scoperti, I - III.
by BOSSI, Giacomo
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Del prete Giacomo Bossi, Professore di Geografia e Storia nella R. Academia Militare. Torino: Dall'Officina Tipografica e Litografica di G. Fodratti, 1851, 1851, 1849 In three volumes, later cloth, 8vo. (1). iv,viii,718pp. (2). cvi,703pp. 2 folding maps, errata slip pasted on to p.703. (3). 739pp. 3 folding maps. Volume I was originally published in 1838 with a different introduction and volume II in 1839; these volumes I and II here are the re-issues of 1851 with similar text. The fine large folding maps in volumes II and III show the journeys of Mungo Park, Denham and Clapperton, Clapperton and Lander, Caillie, and Richard and John Lander. From the Taylor Social Anthropology Library, University of Oxford (Bodleian Library) with their bookplates to the front endpapers, discreet stamps to title pages and shelf labels to the spines, a very nice set in a later green buckram. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[L]
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- Bookseller
- Michael Graves-Johnston (GB)
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- 32265
- Title
- I Negri della Nigrizia occidentale e della interna e I Mori e Arabi erranti del Saara e del deserto di Libia, quali per l'industria della R. Societa Africana di Londra furono or dianzi altri riveduti e altri scoperti, I - III.
- Author
- BOSSI, Giacomo
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Michael Graves-Johnston
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London, London
About Michael Graves-Johnston
Since its foundation in 1978, Michael Graves-Johnston Antiquarian Books has established itself as a leading authority on rare and antiquarian books, manuscripts and photographs relating to Africa, the Pacific, and tribal and ancient civilisations.
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