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1688 AFRICA 1ed History EGYPT Mummies Pyramids Illustrated Tunisia MAPS LaCroixPherotee La Croix's "Universal Relation of Africa" is a famous 17th-century history of Africa. La Croix was a professor of geography in Lyon whose work on Africa became a lasting authority of African geography and history. However, much of La Croix's "Afrique" was heavily inspired by Dutch author Olfert Dapper's "Description of Africa".
Even still, La Croix's work is notable for the exquisite full-page and folding engravings as well as descriptions of some of the greatest mysteries of Africa including a section on Egyptian pyramids, the Sphinx, and mummies! Other topics include voyages to the Barbary coast, Tunisia, Algiers, and Morocco.
Item number: #20169
Price: $1950
LA CROIX, Pherotee de
Relation universelle de l'Afrique, ancienne et modern
A Lyon, chez Thomas Amaulry, 1688. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages;
o Vol. I – [18], 12, 536, [16]
o Vol. II – [2], 576, [20]
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