Africa.- Ogilby (John) Africa: being an accurate description of the regions of Ægypt, Barbary,
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Africa.- Ogilby (John) Africa: being an accurate description of the regions of Ægypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, Æthiopia, and the Abyssines, first edition, title in red and black, engraved large folding map of Africa, 50 (of 51) maps and plates (of which 42 double-page) and illustrations, 8 (of 9) sheets of letterpress tables, lacking half-title, allegorical frontispiece, and some preliminary ff., title trimmed and laid down, plates strengthened at edges verso (occasionally recto), a few tears, repairs, water-stained, some worming, spotting or staining, modern red crushed morocco, spine in compartments, [Wing O163], folio, Printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, and are to be had at his house in White Fryers, 1670. sold not subject to return.
⁂ The most comprehensive work on Africa in English published in the seventeenth century, largely based on the work of Olfert Dapper.
⁂ The most comprehensive work on Africa in English published in the seventeenth century, largely based on the work of Olfert Dapper.
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