Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries F…
by William Mavor
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1. Volume XXI. Complete in itself. By William Mavor, LL.D., London: For Vernor and Hood...Sold by Newbery. 1801. [6],284pp. 3 full-page plates. 3.5"" x 6"". Full leather w. edgewear, cracked joints. Lacquer flecking from spine, hairline vertical crack. Cords tight, binding firm. Marbled edges. Pages clean, bright and tight. Includes: Travels into the Interior Districts of Africa by Mungo Park 1795-1797; Travels to the Interior Districts of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Morocco by Christian Damberger; two seperate accounts of Travels Into the Interior of Africa by Mr. Ledyard and Mr. Lucas. Marbled pastedown w. illustrated bookplate ""ELTON. CLEVEDON COURT, CO. SOMERSET"". Within banner reads ""ARTIBUS ET ARMIS""; stems from Fairfax army Colonel Richard Elton writing The Complete Body of the Art Military (London, 1650)
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