Browne  - TRAVELS IN AFRICA

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Browne  - TRAVELS IN AFRICA

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W G Browne

TRAVELS IN AFRICA, EGYPT, AND SYRIA, FROM THE YEAR 1792 TO 1798

London: Printed for T Cadell and W Davies & Longman, Hurst and Orme, 1806

SECOND ENLARGED EDITION, 4to, xxxv + 632pp, frontis + three folding maps + one plan, black morocco and gilt, light wear on boards, bookplate on ep, front hinge loose from text block, prelims and first 16 pages loose, text page evenly age toned, 234 with 10cm tear in page, three pages with top section loose and one page with a 1,5cm hole not affecting text, plates and maps with offsetting and age toning, first folding map with tear along one edge of a panel, two other folding maps with multiple tears and tape repairs the longest 30cm

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Jürgen Witt Collection