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Archibald Dalzel. The History of Dahomy, an Inland Kingdom of Africa. London: T. Spilsbury and Son, 1793.. Fir...
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Description
Dalzel's Narrative on Dahomy
Archibald Dalzel. The History of Dahomy, an Inland Kingdom of Africa. London: T. Spilsbury and Son, 1793.First edition. Quarto. 230 pages.
Custom red half-leather with red buckram boards. Gilt stamped spine with a hint of fading along backstrip. Top edge gilt. Engraved folding frontispiece map and six plates. Pages are lightly toned and foxed with mild thumbing. Bookplate on front pastedown. Page edges modestly shaved. An attractive copy in near fine condition.
Dalzel provides detailed accounts of human sacrifice and goes so far as to argue that slavery is preferable. Engraved plates include scenes of sacrificial ceremonies and armed women marching to war. From the Professor John Ralph Willis Collection of Rare Africana.
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2010 February Signature Rare Books Auction #6038 (go to Auction Home page)
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February, 2010
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