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LA DECOUVERTE DE L'AFRIQUE AU MOYEN AGE CARTOGRAPHES ET EXPLORATEURS.
De La Ronciere, Charles
3 volumes in one.
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- Le Caire : Societe Royale De Geographie D'Egypte 1925
- folio
- half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, top edge stained green, original paper wrappers bound-in
- (vi),175 pages with 19 plates; (viii),144+(4) pages with 19 plates; (viii),viii,130 pages with 3 plates
- Order Nr. 104198
- Price: $ 2,500.00
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Written in French. A history of medieval cartography and the exploration of Africa and Egypt, published by the Royal Geographical Society of Egypt. Volume one is subtitled "L'Interieur Du Continent." Volume two is subtitled "Le Périple Du Continent." Volume three is subtitled "Un Explorateur Français Du Niger; Les Débuts De Christophe Colomb." The spine is rubbed with some loss of leather to the head and tail. The leather is slightly detached at the head. Wear to the edges and corners. The boards are somewhat worn and slightly faded. Wrappers tanned.
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> AFRICA
> EGYPT
> CARTOGRAPHY
> EXPLORATION
> MAPS
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> Betz, R.L., THE MAPPING OF AFRICA. A CARTOBIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTED MAPS OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT TO 1700.

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FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
by Morison, Stanley (editor)
Limited to 1370 copies. Article on Karl Klingspor by Julius Rodenberg including a list of books printed at the Private Press of the Gebr. Klingspor, articles on Laboureur, Bulmer, and "Towards an Ideal Italick" by Stanley Morison. Small bump along bottom of front cover and small tears at spine ends.

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