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568 - [Dubois-Fontanelle, Joseph-Gaspard] – African Anecdotes, fro…
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Estimate €80 - €120
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[Dubois-Fontanelle, Joseph-Gaspard] – African Anecdotes, from the origins or discovery of the various kingdoms that make up Africa, to the present day. Paris, Vincent, 1775. In-8, bound in full contemporary calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, title label – top cap worn away, leather-covered joints, small stain on the second cover, one corner pierced with a loss of leather on the second cover, scattered foxing – viii, 230 pp. (Egypt), 62 pp. (Barbary), 60 pp. (Morocco), 60 pp. (Algeria), 30 pp. (Tunisia), 16 pp. (Tripolitania), 80 pp. (Abyssinia), 149 pp. (African coast), 150–178 pp. (table of contents and preface), 179–184 pp. (Vincent’s catalogue). Each section of the work is organised according to the calendar (Gregorian calendar).
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