Travels In The Great Desert Of The Sahara In The Years Of 1845 And 1846 Containing A Narrative Of

by James Richardson

$900 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

London: Richard Bentley, 1848. 8vo. xxxi, i , 440; ii , 482 pp. With 3 engraved plates 2 of which are frontispieces a large folding map, and 24 text woodcuts. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards; foxing limited to endpapers, overall in excellent shape. Item #15040 First edition of this account of Richardson's first expedition to Africa. The idea, to reach the “celebrated Oasis of Ghadames . . . amidst

• Binding: Leather

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