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Shelfmark

Ge.1.10

Author

Title

Africa: being an accurate description of the regions of Ægypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, Æthiopia, and the Abyssines, with all the adjacent islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern, or Oriental Sea, belonging thereunto. With the several denominations of their coasts, harbors, creeks, rivers, lakes, cities, towns, castles, and villages. Their customs, modes, and manners, languages, religions, and inexhaustible treasure; with their governments and policy, variety of trade and barter, and also of their wonderful plants, beasts, birds, and serpents. Collected and translated from most authentick authors, and augmented with later observations; illustrated with notes, and adorn'd with peculiar maps, and proper sculptures, by John Ogilby Esq; Master of His Majesties revels in the Kingdom of Ireland..

Varying form of title

Half-title: English atlas, tome the first

Publication, distribution, etc.

London, : Printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, and are to be had at his house in White Fryers,, M.DC.LXX. [1670]

Physical description

[34], 767, [1], p., [56] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps, plans ; 42 cm. (fol.)

Note

Title page in red and black.

Note

Signatures: [A]² b² c⁴ chi⁸ 2chi1 B-3T⁶.

Note

Engraved head-pieces and initials; printed marginalia.

Citation/references note

ESTC, R22824

Citation/references note

Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), O163

Provenance

Armorial bookplate of Eton College.

Binding

Contemporary mottled calf with 20th century reback and repairs; boards have double-gold-fillet border frames and gold-tooled central frame with gold-tooled ornaments at outer corners and blind-tooled ornaments at inner corners; board edges tooled in blind; text block edges marbled.

Copy-specific note

Imperfect: wants leaves chi1-2chi1.

Subject

Islands of the Indian Ocean Description and travel Early works to 1800.

Subject

Islands of the Atlantic Description and travel Early works to 1800.

Subject

Africa Description and travel Early works to 1800.

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Added entry--place

England London.

Identifier

B48146
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