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.
Added entry--name
Johnson, Thomas, fl. 1642 - 1677 printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B48146