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Cheihk Mohammed Ibn-Omar el Tounsy. Voyage au Ouaday. Paris: Chez Benjamin Duprat, 1851. First edition in French. Oc... (Total: 2 Items)
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Description
Cheihk Mohammed Ibn-Omar el Tounsy. Voyage au Ouaday. Paris: Chez Benjamin Duprat, 1851. First edition in French. Octavo. lxxv, 756 pages. Also, plate volume, in wraps. Nine plates, complete, including the folding map. Very good. From the Professor John Ralph Willis Collection of Rare Africana.More Information:
Water damage to frontispiece, some loss to title page. Front wrapper detached, but present. Text in Fench. A scarce narrative of a visit to Wadai and the Darfur, rarely encountered with the plate volume. Bookplates of previous owner.
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2010 February Signature Rare Books Auction #6038 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
February, 2010
11th-12th
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