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Voyages to the Coast of Africa, by Mess. Saugnier and Brisson: Containing an account of their shipwreck on board different vessels, and subsequent slavery, and interesting details of the manners of the Arabs of the desert, and of the slave trade, as carried on at Senegal and Galam
by Brisson, Pierre-Raymond de (1745-1820) and Catharine Bradfrod Saugnier
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
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About This Item
[4]+viii+500 pages with folding engraved map frontispiece. Octavo (8 ¼" x 4") in period tree calf stamped in gilt on both covers with a quote from Virgil surrounded a laurel wreath, spine ruled in gilt, morocco lettering piece. First English edition.
Pierre-Raymond de Brisson was a sailor when shipwrecked off the coast of Senegal in 1785 and captured by natives. He was fortunate enough to escape his brief enslavement, and settled in Morocco. The folding map, of the northwest portion of Africa, is by M. de Laborde.
Condition:
The folding map, of the northwest portion of Africa has several tears, Joints cracked, lacking rear free endpaper, heal corners bumped and rubbed else about very good.
Pierre-Raymond de Brisson was a sailor when shipwrecked off the coast of Senegal in 1785 and captured by natives. He was fortunate enough to escape his brief enslavement, and settled in Morocco. The folding map, of the northwest portion of Africa, is by M. de Laborde.
Condition:
The folding map, of the northwest portion of Africa has several tears, Joints cracked, lacking rear free endpaper, heal corners bumped and rubbed else about very good.
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- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Title
- Voyages to the Coast of Africa, by Mess. Saugnier and Brisson: Containing an account of their shipwreck on board different vessels, and subsequent slavery, and interesting details of the manners of the Arabs of the desert, and of the slave trade, as carried on at Senegal and Galam
- Author
- Brisson, Pierre-Raymond de (1745-1820) and Catharine Bradfrod Saugnier
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1792
- Pages
- [4]+viii+500 pages with folding engraved map frontispiece
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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