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HISTORISCHE BESCHRYVING DER REIZEN OF NIEUWE EN VOLKOOME VERZAMELING VAN DE ALLER-WAARDIGSTE EN ZELDSAAMSTE ZEE- EN LANDTOGTEN (VOL. 5 ONLY, ON AFRICA)
Gravenhage: Pieter de Hondt, 1748
4to, iv + 532pp. + vii. Rebound copy in quarter leather hardcover binding, 5 raised bands, gilt lettering to spine. 33 fine full page and fold-out maps and plates, collated and complete. Dutch text.
From the collection of N. J. van Warmelo, linguist and former State Ethnologist.
The fifth volume of this classic set of Dutch travel books, focussing on various parts of Africa, particularly Guinea, Benin, the Ivory Coast, and the Gold Coast. With fine and clear plates and maps. A must for the serious Africana collector.
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