1     DE AARDE EN HAAR VOLKEN. Deel I-IV, VII, XII. Haarlem, Kruseman & Tjeenk Willink, 1866-1876.
6 volumes of the series. Large 8vo. Original half cloth (vol. XII later half cloth). With numerous wood-engravings. 295,- e

Popular periodical dealing with all parts of the world, particularly Asia and Africa, with fine illustrations.

2     BAIKIE, William Balfour. Narrative of an exploring voyage up the rivers Kwo'ra and Bi'nue (commonly known as the Niger and Tsádda) in 1854. London, John Murray, 1856.
Contemporary half red morocco, spine lettered in gold (sl. rubbed). With wood-engraved frontispiece depicting the 'Pleiad' exploring vessel, wood-engraving on title-page depicting prince Tshúkuma, folding plan of the 'Pleiad' (mounted on linen) and folding map (mounted on linen). XVI,456 pp. 395,- e

First edition. - 'In 1854, Baikie (1825-1864) took part in a British government-sponsored expedition to West Africa which attempted to make contact with the German explorer of Africa, Heinrich Barth, who had reached the upper Niger River from the Sahara. As a naval surgeon aboard the Pleiad, Baikie sailed from England to the Niger Delta, on the west coast of Africa. Following the death of the ship's captain, Baikie took command of the expedition. Travelling by steamboat, he ascended the Niger to its principal tributary, the Benue, which he followed upstream for several hundred miles. Unable to locate Barth, he returned to England' (Waldman & Wexler, Who was who in world exploration, p.31).
Hess & Coger 6944.

3     BAINES, Thomas. The gold regions of South Eastern Africa. Accompanied by biographical sketch of the author. London, Edward Stanford, Cape Colony, J.W.C. Mackay, 1877.
Original pictorial green cloth gilt. With photographic portrait frontispiece, folding facsimile, 3 photographic plates from pictures and several wood-engravings in text (map missing). XXIV,240 pp. 225,- e

First edition. - 'Mr. Baines was one of the earliest pioneers of that part of Africa now known as Rhodesia, and he obtained an important concession from Lobengula ... The author gives details of no less than nineteen routes from various places in South Africa to the newly discovered goldfields in the Transvaal and Lobengula's country' Mendelssohn I, p.71).
SAB I, p.112; Czech p.9.

4     BAKER, Samuel White. Der Albert N'yanza, das grosse Becken des Nil und die Erforschung der Nilquellen. Aus dem Englischen von J.E.A. Martin. 3. Auflage. Gera, C.B. Griesbach, 1876.
Original printed wrappers (spine rep.). With map and 32 wood-engravings. XVI,498 pp. 215,- e

In 1861 Samuel White Baker (1821-1893) set out, accompanied by his Hungarian wife, Florence von Sass, on a self-financed expedition to discover the source of the White Nile. He spent some time in the Sudan and after many adventures he discovered, in what is now northwestern Uganda, Lake Albert (Albert Nyanza), a secondary feeder of the White Nile. Baker and Von Sass explored Lake Albert in a native canoe and located the 120-foot-high Murchison Falls, which he named after Sir Roderick Murchison, then president of the Royal Geographical Society.
Ibrahim-Hilmy p.49; PMM 357; Czech p.10; Kainbacher p.27.

5     BARTH, Heinrich. Lotgevallen en ontdekkingen op eene reis in het noorden en midden van Afrika, op last der Britsche regering in de jaren 1849-1855 gedaan. Naar het Engelsch en Hoogduitsch bewerkt door H.M.C. van Oosterzee. Met eene voorrede van J. van der Hoeven. Haarlem, A.C. Kruseman, 1861.
5 volumes in 3. Original half cloth, spines lettered in gilt. With large folding map and 20 coloured lithographed plates by P.W.M. Trap. e 1.250,-
Unknown Dutch new-title edition of 1861, first published in Dutch in 1858-60. - Heinrich Barth's (1821-1865) exploration of West Africa below the Sahara was one of the first scientfic expeditions into the region. It is one of the greatest journeys ever undertaken in Africa. He gathered during his journey an incomparably rich harvest of scientific and ethnographic data. He was one of the first Europeans to make an extended stay in Timbuktu and live to tell about it. His travels set a standard of accuracy and observation rarely equalled. - Fine set.
Tiele 74; Landwehr, Col. Pl., 233; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p.54; Henze I, p.175-183: 'Der Bahnbrecher der Sahara- und Sudan-Forschung'. - See illustration.

6     BARTTELOT, Edmund Musgrave. Journal et correspondance du major Edmund Musgrave Barttelot, commandant l'Arrière-colonne dans l'expédition Stanley a la recherche et au secours d'Emin Pacha, publiés par Walter George Barttelot. Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1891.
Sm.8vo. Contemporary half blue morocco, spine gilt. With 2 folding maps. 361 pp. 225,- e

Major Barttelot was killed in the forest of Central Africa during the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition under H.M. Stanley. According to Walter Barttelot Stanley's book, 'In darkest Africa' (London 1890), proved misleading on so many points that it became necessary to warn the public of its character. He therefore collected and arranged the letters and diary of his brother and laid before the public an outline of the charges made against Major Barttelot.
Hess & Coger 184.

7     BEAVER, Philip. African memoranda: relative to an attempt to establish a British settlement on the island of Bulama, on the western coast of Africa, in the year 1792. With a brief notice of the neighbouring tribes, soil, productions, etc. and some observations on the facility of colonizing that part of Africa, with a view to cultivation; and the introduction of letters and religion to its inhabitants: but more particularly as the means of gradually abolishing African slavery. London, C. and R. Baldwin, 1805.
4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with red morocco title label. With large folding engraved map, coloured in outline, and 2 full-page engraved plans. (8),XV,500 pp. 1.435,- e

First edition. - In the end of 1791 Beaver (1766-1813) associated himself with a scheme for colonising the island of Bulama on the coast of Africa, near Sierra Leone, and left England for that place on 14 April 1792. The whole affair from the beginning to have been conducted without forethought or knowledge. The would-be settlers were, for the most part, idle and dissipated. Beaver found himself at sea in command of a vessel of 200 tons, with 65 men, 24 women, and 31 children, mostly sea-sick, and all equally useless. When they landed, anything like disciplin was unattainable. The party, assembled on shore, proved ignorant alike of law, industry, or order. The directors lost heart and took a nearly opportunity of returning to England. The command devolved on Beaver, and during a period of eighteen months he endeavoured, by unceasing toil, to keep a little order and to promote a little industry; but the men were quite unfitted for the work and manner of life, and the greater number of them died. The misserable remnants of the party evacated the island in November 1793, and went to Sierra Leonne, whence Beaver obtained a passage to England, and arrived at Plymouth 17 May 1794 (DNB).- A good copy.
Gay 3196.

8     BENEZET, Anthony. Some historical account of Guinea, its situation, produce, and the general disposition of its inhabitants. With an inquiry into the rise and progress of the slave trade, its nature, and lamentable effects. New edition. London, J. Phillips, 1788.
Original boards (sl rubbed). With woodcut title vignette. XV,131,(1) pp. 1.100,- e

Contains an inquiry into the rise and progress of the West-African slave trade, 1442 to 1771, including a general account of Guinea, the Ivory-, Gold- and Slave-Coast, Benin, Kongo and Angola and chapters on the slave-trade by the Portuguese and English, and chapters on the treatment of the slaves in the North American colonies and in the West Indies. Benezet (1713-1784), a French-born Quaker and Philadelphia resident, was one of the chief early anti-slave trade agitators in the New World, his views influenced those of English abolitionists William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson. An important, very early, American antislavery work.
Cardinall 377; Sabin 4689, Ragatz p.479; Hogg 1734; Work p.257.

9     BENNETT, Ernest N. The downfall of the Dervishes being a sketch of the final Sudan campaign of 1898. 3rd edition. London, Methuen & Co., 1899.
Sm.8vo. Contemporary half red calf with gilt device and lettering to upper board, spine gilt. With frontispiece portrait and 3 maps printed in brown. XII,255 pp. 125,- e

Interesting journalist's eyewittness record of the reconquest of the Sudan, covering the final attack on Omdurman in 1898. - Some foxing otherwise a nice copy.

10     CURIÖSE BESCHREIBUNG DER AUSSERLESSNESTEN MERCKWÜRDIGKEITEN, SO IN DENEN DREYEN WELT-THEILEN ASIA, AFRICA UND AMERICA ZU FINDEN .. Aus berühmter Männer-Reiss-Beschreibungen fleissig zusammen getragen und zum Druck befördert. Augsburg, Johann Christoph Wagner, 1721.
Sm.8vo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed. With engraved frontispiece by J. Bäck and 2 folding engraved plates. (4),362,(18) pp. e 525,-
First edition. - Frequently reprinted collection of historical, ethnographical and geographical reports from various travelogues, with general descriptions of the continents. Including accounts of Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Tripoli, Guinea, Egypt, Abyssinia, Congo, Angola, South Africa, Madagascar, etc. - (Age-browned).
CF Sabin 17986 (ed. 1784); not in Cordier.

11     BOSMAN, Willem. A new and accurate description of the coast of Guinea, divided into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory Coasts. Containing a geographical, political and natural history of the kingdoms and countries: With a particular account of the rise, progress, and present condition of all the European settlements upon that coast; and the just measures for improving the several branches of the Guinea trade. 2nd edition. London, James Knapton, 1721.
Contemporary blind-tooled calf, spine gilt with red morocco title-label. With folding engraved map and 7 engraved plates. (8),456,(16) pp. e 1.950,-
Second English edition, first published in Dutch in 1704. - Willem Bosman (1672 - ?), employee of the Dutch West India Company and chief Dutch factor at the castle of Elmina, wrote the first authoritative and detailed account of the West Coast of Africa, during a 14 years' residence there. It is the chief source for the knowledge of the Dutch slave-trade during the second half of the 17th century. It also gives an interesting picture of international rivalry, current trade, and the wretched depraved existence of the European factors stationed permanently on the coast. The plates depict a.o. the Dutch forts. 'Usually recognised as the standard work concerning the Gold Coast of this period' (Cardinall 256).- With armorial bookplate.
Cf. Tiele 174; Cf. Cat. NHSM I, p. 204; Paulitschke 894: 'Sehr wichtiges Reisewerk'; Gay 2808; Work p.6; Hogg 144b. - See illustration.

12     BOWDICH, Thomas Edward. Geschiedenis van het Britsche gezantschap, in het jaar 1817 aan den koning van Ashantee, in de binnenlanden van Afrika, in de nabijheid van de Goudkust, gezonden. Benevens eenige statistieke, aardrijkskundige, en andere berigten, wegens dit rijk en andere naburige gedeelten des lands. Amst., J.C. van Kesteren, 1820.
Contemporary half calf (hinges sl. dam., top of spine sl. dam.). With hand-coloured frontispiece by D. Veelwaard. VI,292 pp. e 450,-
First Dutch edition. - Bowdich (1791-1824) was appointed conductor of a mission to Ashantee organised by the African Company and, using considerable diplomatic and negotiating skils, succeeded in forming a treaty with the king of Ashantee, bringing peace to the British settlement along the Gold Coast. 'This work, the most important after Bruce's, excited great interest, as an almost incredible story .. of a land of warlike and barbaric splendour hithero unknown' (DNB). - Rare.
Cardinall 492 (English ed.); Gay 2861 (English and French ed. only); Hess & Coger 6355 (English ed.); not in Tiele. - See illustration.

13     BRØNSTED, Johannes. (Ed.). Vore gamle tropekolonier. Ved G. Olsen, K. Struwe, A. Rasch, G. Nørregaard, J. Bro-Jørgensen, J. Vibaek, Fr. Skrubbeltrang. (Copenhagen), Westermann, 1952-53.
2 volumes. Folio. Contemporary half calf, spines ribbed. With many illustrations (several in colours). e 680,-
Valuable study on the Danish in the East and West Indies and West Africa. Volume I: The Danish in Tranquebar, India 1616-1845 and on the Goldcoast, West Africa; Volume II: The Danish in the West Indies, St. Thomas, St. Jan, St. Croix, 1702-1917. - Nice.

14     BROWNE, William George. Travels in Africa, Egypt and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798. 2nd edition, enlarged. London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806.
4to. Later half calf, spine ribbed with black morocco title-label. With engraved frontispiece, engraved plan and 3 folding engraved maps (skilfully repaired). XXXV,632 pp. 1.450,- e

Second and best edition. - 'This important work contains the earliest information in English about Darfur (Sudan). Browne, inspired by Bruce's travels, went to Egypt in 1792 hoping to explore the oases in the eastern Sahara and to journey to the source of the White Nile. He reached El Fashur in Darfur and was the first Englishman to explore the temple of Jupiter Ammon at the Oasis of Siwa.. Browne was the first European to describe Darfur, which he reached with a Sudanese caravan in 1793. He was imprisoned there by the Sultan of Darfur. In 1796 he reached Egypt again by caravan and eventually returned to England via Syria and Constantinople' (Blackmer 219). Browne gives detailed descriptions of the cities he visits, as well as the history of Cairo and Egypt under the Arabs. He was murdered by Kurdish bandits in 1813 at the age of forty-five. - (Age-browned).
Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p.91.

15     BRUCE, James. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. Edinburgh, printed by J. Ruthven for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790.
5 volumes. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf with gilt fillets round sides, spines gilt with red morocco labels (1 label missing; rebacked with the original spines laid down, some wear to spines and extremities), inner dentelles. With engraved vignettes on title-pages, 3 battle plans, 3 folding maps, 4 leaves of Ethiopian dialects and 55 engraved plates. e 6.950,-
James Bruce, Laird of Kinnaird (1730-1794), the first European to undertake an expedition aimed specifically at finding the Nile's source, failed in his attempt, but his exploration paved the way for many more travelers who came after him. In mid-1768 Bruce ascended the Nile from Alexandria and journeyed into the Ethiopian interior. In 1770 he believed to have found the source of the Nile near Gondar, the ancient capital of Abyssinia. Still he was mistaken, as he had not reached the source of the Nile, but only that of its considerable tributary. He descended the Blue Nile to its confluence with the White Nile at the site of present-day Khartoum. He was one of the earliest explorers to report this connection between the White and Blue Nile. The results of Bruce's travels was a very great enrichment of the knowledge of geography and ethnography especially of Ethiopia. His very readable account is still fascinating today. The plates based on Bruce's own and Balugani's drawings include botanical and zoological specimens, antiquities and artefacts. - 'One of the most splendid narratives in the litterature of African exploration' (Hallet, Africa to 1875, p.110). - (Some minor foxing). - A fine set. - See illustration.
Nissen ZBI, 617; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p.91; Gay 44; Blackmer Collection 221.

16     BRUN, C. De redding der bemanning van het Nederlandsch brikschip Nijverheid, verbrand in de Indische zee .. benevens de beschrijving eener reis op de kust en in de binnenlanden van Oost-Afrika. Rott., Mensing en Van Westreenen, 1838.
Original printed boards (sl. dam.). XXIII,389,(2) pp. 795,- e

Original edition. - Account of the rescue of the crew of the Dutch brig Nijverheid, burnt in the Indian Ocean, together with a description of a journey on the coast and in the interior of East Africa (Inhambane, Delagoa Bay, Sofala, Quilimane, Mozambique, and Madagascar). - Very rare.
Mendelssohn I, p.208; SAB I, p.314; Cat. KITLV, 1e suppl., p.281; not in Tiele or Cat. NHSM.

17     BURCKHARDT, John Lewis. Travels in Nubia. Published by the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa. 2nd edition. London, John Murray, 1822.
4to. Nicely rebound in half calf with marbled boards, spine gilt with gilt lettered title-label to spine. With engraved frontispiece portrait and 3 engraved maps (2 folding). (6),XCVIII,498 pp. 1.950,- e

Second edition, first published in 1819. - 'The travels described here took place in 1813 and 1814. Burckhardt left Aleppo in 1812 and made his way to Cairo; he then carried out two journeys: one along the upper Nile and the other through the Nubian desert. These travels were edited from Burckhardt's journals by Leake; he also wrote the biographical memoir which is prefaced to the travels. This was the first of Burckhardt's works to be published and was followed by Travels in Syria, 1822' (Blackmer). Johann Ludwig (known in England as John Lewis) Burckhardt (1784-1817), Swiss scholar and explorer in Syria, Egypt and Arabia, is a heroic figure among travellers in the Levant. In 1817 he began the exploration of Africa with the countries of the Niger, but he was attacked by dysentery and died in October of that year. - With 2 small libr. stamps, otherwise an excellent copy.
Ibrahim Hilmy I, p.105; Blackmer Collection 238; Weber 106; Hamilton, Europe and the Arab world, p.158 'his most dangerous journey is described in his Travels in Nubia'.

18     BURLEIGH, Bennet. Sirdar and Khalifa or the re-conquest of the Soudan 1898. London, Chapman & Hall, 1898.
Original pictorial cream cloth gilt (sl. soiled). With portrait frontispiece and 3 maps (1 folding) and several photographic illustrations. XIV,305 pp. 175,- e

First edition. - The author has been an eyewittness during the course of all the campaigns in the Sudan in which British troops have been employed, acting as war correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, London.

19     CAMPBELL, John. Travels in South Africa, undertaken at the request of the London Missionary Society; being a narrative of a second journey in the interior of that country. London, Francis Westley, 1822.
2 volumes. Contemporary half calf, spines richly gilt (covers sl. soiled). With folding hand-coloured map and 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates after the author by Clark. VIII,XII,322; 384 pp. (with errata slip). e 1.450,-
First edition. - John Campbell (1766 - 1840), philanthropist and traveller, visited the missions in the Cape Colony and Kaffraria in 1819. The second jouney to the interior was started in 1820. 'Few Englishmen at that time had performed such a feat, and on his return his appearances on missionary platforms in London and throughout the country were received with enthusiasm' (DNB). The hand-coloured plates make this a very attractive work. - (Libr. stamp on half-titles; light offsetting from plates).
Mendelssohn I, p.255-256; SAB I, p.375; Abbey, Travel, 328; Tooley, Coloured plates, 127. - See illustration.

20     CAMSTRUP, Nicolaas Jansz. Rampspoedige reys-beschryving, ofte journaal van 's ed: Oostindische Compagnies schip Blydorp, zynde gestrand en verongelukt op de Guineese ofte Moorse kust in Afrika, 's nagts tussen den 7 en 8 Augustus, anno 1733. .. Ook is hier agter bygevoegt, copy van het journaal, gehouden door den capitein Haye Blaauwhuysen, waar in word vertoont de pereikelen, levensgevaaren, en armoed, dewelke den selven en eenige van't volk van meergemelde Blydorp, hebben uytgestaan op haare reyse van't Franse comptoir Gorée naar Holland. Amst., Gerrit Bouman en Rudolf Brouwer, 1735.
4to. Old marbled boards. With engraved frontispiece by A. van der Laan and 7 finely engraved plates. (4),78 pp. e 1.250,-
First edition. - Account of the shipwreck on the West African coast. After many adventures a small portion of the crew, the greater part being killed by the natives, reached a French trading-post, where they could get passage to Holland. This journal of the shipwreck belongs to the most moving in Dutch literature. - Fine large paper copy.
Landwehr, VOC, 434; Tiele 228 (2nd ed. only); Cat. NHSM I, p.189; Paulitschke 923; Huntress 46C; Cardinall 300. - See illustration.

21     CASALIS, (Jean-) E(ugène). Les Bassoutos ou vingt-trois années d'études et d'observations au sud de l'Afrique. Paris, Ch. Meyrueis et Cie, 1860.
Sm.8vo. Contemporary half blue morocco, spine gilt (sl. rubbed). With folding map (rep.) and many wood-engraved plates and illustrations. XVI,370 pp. 95,- e

First published in 1841. - The first part contains journeys of exploration; the second part is dealing with the habits of the Basutos, and their means of existence, social and domestic life, government, religious ideas, superstitions, literature and music. 'Le nom du pasteur Casalis (1812-1891) est inséparable de ceux d'Arbousset et de Gosselin, parmi les évangélisateurs des Zoulou' (Broc, Dictionnaire illustré des explorateurs et grands voyageurs français du XIXe siècle, p. 67). - (One leaf damaged with some loss of text; foxed; some libr. stamps).
Mendelssohn I, p.307;

22     CASTELLANI, Ch. Vers le Nil français avec la mission Marchand. Paris, E. Flammarion, (1897).
Modern cloth, original printed front-wrapper mounted. With 150 illustrations by the author. 437 pp. 160,- e

First edition. - Ch. Castellani joined as an artist the famous MARCHAND EXPEDITION from Loango to Djibouti, about 3000 miles. He left the expedition at Bangui. - (Foxing).
Bruel 815.

23     CHANTAL, J.B.J. de. Vies et aventures remarquables des plus célèbres voyageurs modernes, ou récit anecdotique de leurs courses maritiemes ou terrestres .. Paris, Früger et Brunet, 1836.
2 volumes. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt with red morocco title-labels. With 2 engraved frontispieces and 6 engraved plates. XI,348; 360 pp. e 350,-
Dealing with Bonpland, La Peyrouse, George Valentia, Kotzebue, Lander, William Heude, Châteaubriand, Byron, John Tanner, etc. including some voyages in Africa. - A very fine set.

24     (CHOISY, François Timoléon de). Journal du voyage de Siam fait en 1685 et 1686. Par M.L.D.C. Paris, Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1687.
4to. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt. With printer's device on title-page. (4),416 pp. 1.925,- e

First French edition. - This report was compiled from the experiences of Abbé de Choisy, Father Guy Tachard and the Chevalier de Chaumont. The Chaumont embassy (1685-86), which was sent from Louis XIV to the king Narai of Siam, was received with great ceremony and was permitted to carry out their missionary activities. On his return to France he had put in to the Cape of Good Hope where a short time was spent and much courtesy shown them by the Dutch authorities. - Very fine copy.
Cordier, Bibl. Indosinica, p.941; Chadenat 2582: 'Relation très curieuse, devenue rare'; S.A.B I, p.516.

25     CLAPPERTON, Hugh. Reis in de binnenlanden van Afrika, gedurende de jaren 1825, 1826 en 1827: benevens het reisverhaal van Richard Lander, zijn bediende, van daar terug naar Engeland. Rott., Weduwe J. Allart, 1830-31.
2 volumes in 1. Contemporary half calf, spine ribbed with red morocco title-label. With lithographed portrait and 2 folding maps. IV,285; 265,(1) pp. 495,- e

First Dutch edition. - Landing at Badagri, near Lagos, in November 1825, Clapperton and his expedition proceeded northward into the former Youraba kingdom of present-day southeast Nigeria. They traveled inland from the Blight of Benin, most of the European members were soon stricken, only Clapperton and Lander managed to reach the Youraba capital at Katunga in late January 1826. Within two more months, they had arrived at Bussa on the Niger River. They continued to Sokoto where they remained for over a year. Clapperton died there in 1827. Lander made his way to Kano and the Gulf of Guinea, eventually returning to England with Clapperton's notes and journals. - Rare Dutch edition.
Cat. NHSM I, p.200; Not in Tiele; Cf. Gay 337 and Ibrahim-Hilmy p.137

26     CLARK, Edward. Daleth or the homestead of the nations. Egypt illustrated. Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1864.
Original gilt cloth (original spine laid down), top edge gilt. With lithographed title, 15 lithographed plates (4 tinted and 8 chromo-lithographs), and numerous wood-engravings. X,(2),289 pp. 135,- e

First edition. - Daleth, the Hebrew letter signifying 'door', is for Clark (1838-1910) also the symbol of Egypt. Concentrating on the historical aspects he tells a good story. Many of the illustrations are taken from photographs, some from trophies common to all pilgrims, and others repeat the outline which Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson copied from the tombs.

27     CORRÉARD, Alexandre et J.B. Henri SAVIGNY. Naufrage de la frégate La Méduse, faisant partie de l'expédition du Sénégal en 1816; relation contenant les événemens qui ont eu lieu sur le Radeau, dans le désert de Sahara, à Saint-Louis et au camp de Daccard; suivie d'un examen sous les rapports agricoles de la partie occidentale de la côte d'Afrique, dépuis le Cap-Blanc jusqu'a l'embouchure de la Gambie... 2me édition, entièrement refondue et augmentée des notes de M. Brédir. Paris, Eymery, 1818.
Contemporary half brown morocco, spine gilt. With coloured frontispiece portrait of the king of Zaïde and folding engraved plan. 396 pp. e 495,-
'The wreck of the Medusa is one of the best known in the whole history of maritime enterprise, primarily because of Géricault's famous painting, 'The Raft of the Medusa'. It was also one of the worst examples of leadership ever given, in which panic drove out every vestige of common sense. The Meduse sailed on June 17, 1816, from Rochefort for Senegal. She carried M. Schmaltz, who had been appointed Governor of Senegal, and was commanded by Captain Chaumareys... The narrative by Corréard and Savigny created a great furor when it was published, and many denials, but the best evidence indicates that their account is essentially accurate' (Huntress 187C). - A fine copy.
Gay 2919; Hess & Coger 7318. - See illustration.

28     CROWTHER, S. Journal of an expedition up the Niger and Tshadda rivers, undertaken by MacGregor Laird, in connection with the British government, in 1854. London, Church Missionary House, 1855.
Sm.8vo. Later cloth (sl. loose). With folding map. XXIII,234 pp. 225,- e

First edition. - Account of the Niger Expedition of 1854, penetrating a long way up the Benue. Not one of the twelve Europeans died of fever on this expedition, thanks to doctor W.B. Baikie's use of quinine. - Rare.
Hess & Coger 7015.

29     CRUICKSHANK, Brodie. Achttien jaren aan de Goudkust. Uit het Engelsch vertaald en met eene inleiding vermeerderd door D.P.H.J. Weijtingh. Amst., Weijtingh & Van der Haart, 1855.
2 volumes in 1. Later half leather. With large folding lithographed view of Elmina by W. Bartels. XVI,251; XIV,208 pp. e 450,-
First Dutch edition. - Account of an 18 years stay on the Gold Coast of Africa, giving ample information on the Europeans and the native tribes. This Dutch edition, a translation of the English edition of 1853, has an introduction by D.P.H.J. Weijtingh, dealing with the history of the Dutch possessions on the coast.
Cat. NHSM I, p.205; Gay 2865 (English ed.); Hess & Coger 6372 (English ed.); Cardinall 518 (English ed.); not in Tiele. - See illustration.

30     CUMMING, Roualeyn Gordon. The lion hunter of South Africa. Five years' adventures in the far interior of South Africa; with notices of the native tribes and savage animals. 7th edition. London, John Murray, 1873.
Contemporary green polished calf with gilt fillets round sides, spine richly gilt with red morocco title-label. With wood-engraved frontispieces and 17 wood-engraved plates. X,373 pp. 175,- e

First published in 1850. - 'One of the classics of African big game hunting and exploration that recounts the seemingly limitless herds of game in the region of Cumming's era and a necessary title in the big game library' (Czech p.43). 'The narrative is valuable for the account of the state of the country at this period, as well as for the excellent description afforded of the natives of the interior, and of the up-country Boers, while the interesting zoological and botanical notes give added value to the work' (Mendelssohn p.399).

31     DALZEL, Archibald. The history of Dahomey, an inland kingdom of Africa; compiled from authentic memoirs; with an introduction and notes. London, T. Spilsbury and Son, 1793.
4to. Later half calf, spine gilt. With folding engraved map after R. Norris, and 6 engraved plates by Chesham (one partly cut short and tipped in). XXXII,XXVI,(4),230 pp. e 1.950,-
First edition. - Dalzel was the former governor at Whydah, West-Africa, and at time of publication of the present work, governor at Cape-Coast-Castle. His official position enabled him opportunities of obtaining valuable and accurate information. Parts of the history are compiled from i.a. the memoirs of Robert Norris, who spent eighteen years in the African trade, and from the communications of Lionel Abson, Dalzel's successor as British governor at Whydah. With notes on the slave trade. The plates are showing scenes with armed women with the King at their head going to war, a public procession of the King's women, victims for sacrifice, etc. - (Occasionally sl. foxed; small libr. stamp on title-page).
Cardinall 396; Hogg 170; Work p.8. - See illustration.

32     DAPPER, Olfert. Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche gewesten van Egypten, Barbaryen, Libyen, Biledulgerid, Negroslant, Guinea, Ethiopiën, Abyssinie - Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche eylanden, als Madagaskar, of Sant Laurens, Sant Thomee, d'eilanden van Kanarien, Kaep de Verd, Malta, en andere. Amst., Jacob van Meurs, 1668.
2 volumes in 1. Folio. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum (ties missing). With engraved allegorical title, title-page printed in red and black, 43 double-page or folding engraved maps, plans and plates, and 56 half-page engravings in text. (8),728,(18); (2),120,(4) pp. 7.500,- e

First edition. - Dapper's (1636-1689) outstanding description of Africa 'in the composition of which he was assisted by one of the most eminent professors at Leiden university Isaac Vossius. It covers the entire continent - the Islamic north, from Morocco to Egypt, Abyssinia, central and southern Africa, and Madagascar, Malta, the Canaries and other islands off the coast of Africa. The book contains a number of maps and fine engravings showing the flora and fauna, views of various towns and antiquities, costumes and local scenes, even the camel train of pilgrims on their way from Cairo to Mecca' (Hamilton, Europe and the Arab world, p.26). The work is partly based upon hitherto unpublished manuscript sources and is remarkable for its fine maps and illustrations. - Some browning, otherwise a very fine copy.
Tiele 298; Cat. NHSM I, p.199; Cf. Mendessohn p. 413/14; SAB II, p.15.

33     DENHAM, Dixon, Hugh CLAPPERTON, Walter OUDNEY. Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824 .. extending across the great desert to the tenth degree of Northern latitude, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the capital of the Fellatah empire. With an appendix. London, John Murray, 1826.
4to. Later half calf, spine ribbed. With engraved frontispiece, 5 engraved maps (1 folding with small tear), 6 woodengraved vignettes, and 32 engraved plates (1 hand-coloured) by E. Finden after the author. XLVIII,335; (2),269 pp. e 1.675,-
First edition. - By the end of 1821, Denham joined Oudney and Clapperton at Tripoli on the Mediteranean coast of Libya. Denham, Clapperton and Oudney made a southward crossing of the Sahara and in February 1823 they became the first Europeans to see Lake Chad. While Clapperton went south and west in an attempt to reach Timbuktu, Denham explored to the southeast, examining the Chari River, the principal source of Lake Chad. After exploring the Waube and Logone rivers as well, Denham rejoined Clapperton at a settlement south of Lake Chad, and the two made their way northward back to Tripoli. Oudney, in the meantime, had died of tropical fever. Denham, with Clapperton and Oudney, undertook some of the earliest official British explorations into the interior of West Africa (Waldman-Wexler, Who was who in world exploration, p.196). They also were the first Europeans after Hornemann to cross the desert. - Except some offsetting of the plates a fine copy. - With autograph dedication by the publisher.
Gay 337; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p.172; Hess & Coger 5470 (second ed.). - See illustration.

34     DEVENTER, M(arinus) L(odewijk). van. La Hollande et la Baie-Delagoa. (Mozambique). Amst., 1883. Original printed wrappers. 27 pp. 30,- e

Bijbl. Aardr. Genootschap. - One of the few studies on the short-lived Dutch colony at Delogoa Bay, Maputa in Mozambique, 1721-1736.
Tiele 1111.

35     DUPUIS, Joseph. Journal of a residence in Ashantee .. comprising notes and researches relative to the Gold Coast, and the interior of Western Africa; chiefly collected from Arabic mss. and information communicated by the moslems of Guinea: to which is prefixed an account of the origin and causes of the present war. London, Henry Colburn, 1824.
4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt (hinges weak but holding). With large folding map (small tear rep.) and 15 aquatint plates (1 double-page and 3 folding). VIII,264,CXXXV,(1) pp. e 3.950,-
First edition. - Ample account of a journey to Coomassie (Kumassi) chief town and seat of trade of one of the most powerful native states of West Africa: Ashantee (Ghana), written by the British consul for that kingdom. With a geographical appendix. - With armorial bookplate. - Some offsetting of the plates otherwise fine.
Abbey, Travel, 281; Cardinall 527; Hess & Coger 6379; Work p.21; Gay 2869. - See illustration.

36     ENTE, W.K. Natal en Nieuw-Gelderland en de vooruitzigten der kolonisatie aldaar. Arnhem, H.A. Tjeenk Willink, 1861.
Original printed wrappers. (8),40 pp. 90,- e

Original edition. - Nieuw-Gelderland was the area between the Umvoti and Nonoti Rivers belonging to the 'NEDERLANDSCHE EMIGRATIE-MAATSCHAPPIJ' in South Africa. Ente indicates possibilities to establish oneself as a farmer in this district, and gives some examples of the costs and gains to be expected.
Tiele 350; Cat. NHSM I, p.212; Mendelssohn I, p.522; SAB II, p.197.

37     EYRIÈS et Alfred JACOBS. (Réd.). Voyage en Asie et en Afrique d'après les récits des derniers voyageurs. Paris, Furne, 1855.
Original morocco, spine gilt, a.e.g. With some wood-engravings, 2 folding maps and 25 steel-engravings. IV,692 pp. 225,- e

Dealing with Russia, Tibet, China, Japan, India, Persia, Egypt, South Africa, etc. - (Some foxing).

38     EYSSES, Eysse. Omstandig en waarachtig dagverhaal .. gevoerd hebbende het driemast galjoot-schip, genoemd De vrouw Geertruy, van St. Lucar, naar Amsterdam gedestineerd. Beginnende met deszelfs vertrek van St. Lucar, tot dat hy, op de hoogte van Caap St. Vincent, door een Maroccaansch roof-schip genoomen, en te Larache opgebragt wierd, voorts zyne landreizen door Barbaryën, van Larache naar Marocco .. en veel byzonderheeden wegens den persoon, ommegang en hofhouding van Ciddy Mahomet, Ben Abdala, keizer van Marocco, Fez en Miknes .. Als ook eenige omstandigheeden, betreffende de dood en begraaffenis van Capt. Jochem Meyer. 2e druk. Gedrukt voor den auteur. Amst., Arend Fokke, Simonsz., (c.1800).
4to. Marbled wrappers. (4),40 pp. 1450,- e

First Dutch edition published in 1777. - Interesting account of the experiences of the crew of a Dutch ship, taken by a Moroccan privateer. With ample description of the Barbarian coast. - Signed by the author. - (Some faint marginal waterstains). - Rare.
Cat. NHSM I, p.120; Playfair 418 (first edition); not in Tiele.

39     (FENNEKOL, W.F.). Proeve over de kust van Guinea; houdende eene poging tot onderzoek, hoe, en in hoeverre, dat land tot eene ware volkplanting zou kunnen gevormd worden. (Met Voorberigt van J. Immerzeel). 's Grav., J. Immerzeel, 1831.
Original boards. 154 pp. 225,- e

Plan for founding a settlement on the Dutch part of Guinea (Ghana), West Africa, to make the colony profitable again after the abolition of the slave trade; and investigation in the possibility of establishing new settlements. Fennekol was born in Guinea in 1761. Ghana was sold to the English in 1872.
Tiele 355; Cat. NHSM I, p.205; Cardinall 530.

40     FITZPATRICK, James Percy. The Transvaal from within. A private record of public affairs. 8th impression. London, Heinemann, 1899.
Original cloth. XIV,452 pp. 35,- e

First edition published in the same year. - Sir Fitzpatrick (1862-1931) was a well-known man in Johannesburg, and had been deeply implicated in the Reform Movement, and was subsequently sentenced to imprisonment.
Mendelssohn I, p.549/50; SAB II, p.251.

41     FORBES, Frederick E. Dahomey and the Dahomans: being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the years 1849 and 1850. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851.
2 volumes. Sm.8vo. Later boards. With 3 wood-engravings and 10 lithographed plates (2 tinted and 8 coloured; waterstained). XII,244; V,248 pp. 625,- e

First edition. - Frederick Forbes, a naval lieutenant, volunteered to take part in the two diplomatic missions of 1849 and 1850 to the king of Dahomey described in the present work. Also included are comments on the manners and customs of the Dahomans, reflections on the slave trade and the means for its suppression, and notes on the Vahie and Dahoman languages.
Gay 2878; not in Abbey, travel.

42     FROSSARD, Benjamin Sigismond. De zaak der negerslaaven, en der inwooneren van Guinéa .. of historie van den handel, en de slavernij der negers; bewijzen van derzelver onwettigheid; middelen om die te vernietigen, zonder de colonien, of de colonisten te benadeelen. Uit het Fransch vertaald. 's Grav., Isaac van Cleef, 1790.
2 volumes. Later half cloth. VIII,314 (pp.1-16 in photocopy); (12),329 pp. 750,- e

First Dutch edition, first published in French in 1789. - 'This is one of the most important publications in the French anti-slavery movement' (The James Ford Bell Library, p.176). Anti-slavery treatise, including a description of West-Africa and an account of the treatmen of the blacks in the West Indies. - Rare.
Work p.259; Muller, America, p. 358; Not in Sabin or Hogg.

43     GOLD COAST. - Manuscript document on vellum, appointing MAJOR ANDREW CLARKE, Royal Engineers, to 'act as Chief Justice of our Supreme Court of our forts and settlemets on the Gold Coast and Assessor to the native chiefs within the protected territories'. Gold Coast, 23 December 1863.
Vellum document, ruled in red, with the very attractive paper seal of the Gold Coast attached. Signed by the Colonial Secretary and by RICHARD PINE, Governor. - In good condition. 295,- e

44     GOLDSMITH, Oliver. An history of the earth and animated nature. 2nd edition. London, J. Nourse, 1779.
8 volumes. Contemporary calf, spines gilt (some extremities of spines damaged; some hinges broken but holding). With 105 engraved plates. 565,- e

A fine set with nice engravings of various animals and birds, including the dodo, fishes and insects from all parts of the world.
Nissen, ZBI, p.170

45     GORDON, C(harles) G(eorge). The journals of major-gen. C.G. Gordon, C.B., at Kartoum. Printed from the original mss. Introduction and notes A. Egmont Hake. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1885.
Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt (sl. discoloured). With etched portrait, 2 maps (1 folding) and 30 illustrations after sketches by the author. LXV,587 pp. 275,- e

First edition. - Gordon (1833-1885) was appointed, with the consent of the British government, governor-general of the Soudan, and was instructed, not only to effect the evacuation of the country, but to take steps to leave behind an organised independent government. He arrived at Karthoum on 18 February, 1884. The accounts of Gordon's death are confused and conflicting, but they all agree in stating that he was killed (26 January 1850) near the gate of the palace in Karthoum, and his head carried to the Mahdi's camp (DNB). An indispensable guide to Gordon's last days.
Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p. 268.

46     GRAHAM, R(obert) B(ontine) Cunninghame. Mogreb-El-Acksa. A journey in Morocco. London, W. Heinemann, 1898.
Original cloth (spine discoloured). With portrait of the author in native dress and map. XI,323 pp. 165,- e

First edition. - Account of a dangerous journey through Southern Morocco, during which he was imprisoned by a local cadi. 'A little-known classic of travel' (DNB).

47     GRAMBERG, J(an) S(imon) G(erardus). Schetsen van Afrika's Westkust. Amst., Weijtingh & Brave, 1861.
Original gilt- and blindstamped cloth (skilfully rebacked with the original spine laid down). With lithographed title with coloured vignette (Ennimir Koning van Oost-Wassa), and 8 folding coloured lithographed views and costume plates by C.C.A. Last after J.S.G. Gramberg (incl. frontispiece). 380 pp. e 1.275,-
First edition. - Gramberg (1823-1888) was the first European settler in Guinea who owned a plantation. He temporarily worked as a health officer in Africa and in the Far East. His work is split up in 3 parts, a general description, topography- and travel accounts, and Dutch properties in particular. The folding plates depict i.a. Kleederdracht der Fantijnen; Kasteel St. George en Fort Coenraadsburg te Elmina; Fort William, vuurtoren te Cape Coast; Eene factorij aan de slavenkust (Golf van Benin); Plantage "Gramberg" aan de Bossum-Prah rivier; Fort Batenstein te Boutrij. - A very fine copy.
Tiele 409; Cat. NHSM I, p. 206; Landwehr, Col. pl., 287; Cardinall 537. - See illustration.

48     GRÖBEN, Otto Friedrich von der. Voorname scheeps-togt na Guinea, met 2 keur-vorstelijke fregatten, gedaan in het jaar 1682. en vervolgens. Verhandelende (behalven des scheeps-voorvallen) de voornaamste gelegentheeden van verscheyde zee-kusten in Africa en voornamelijk der Greyn-kust, Tand- of Quaqua-kust, Goud-kust en verscheyde koningrijken omtrent die plaatsen .. nu alder-eerst uyt het Hoogduyts vertaald. Leyden, Pieter van der Aa, 1707.
Sm.8vo. Half cloth with marbled wrappers. With engraved title-vignette, engraved folding map and 6 engraved folding plates. 90,(10) pp. 275,- e

First Dutch edition; first published in German in 1694. - Early description of West Africa by Von der Gröben (Vander Greuben), Brandenburg's nobelman, 1656-1728. He established the first German collony on the West African coast in Accoda, Gross-Friedrichsburg, on January 1, 1683.
Cf. Tobler p.113 and Kainbacher p.146 for the German edition.

49     HARTMAN, H.H. Gesina. De jeugdige emigrante. Een verhaal. Leiden, D. Noothoven van Goor, (1874).
Original blind-tooled cloth, gilt lettering, spine gilt. With 6 chromo-lithographed plates. 154 pp. 80,- e

First edition. - Juvenile on a Dutch girl emigrating to South Africa. With nice coloured plates.

50     HAY, John H. Drummond. Western Barbary: its wild tribes and savage animals. London, John Murray, 1844.
Sm.8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine richly gilt with 2 black morocco title-labels. With page with noted music. VI,106 pp. (Double-columned text). 175,- e

'A residence of many years at Tangier, at which place his father is Her Majesty's Consul-general, enabled the author to become perfectly familiar with the Mogrebbin dialect of the Arabic; and he passed many weeks with the rude sportsmen of the country in their hunting expeditions into the interior. During these excursions he lived as they did, and became for the time one of their wild troop; and he thus acquired a considerable insight into their peculiarities of character' (Introduction). - Czech p.72.
Bound with: Lucie DUFF GORDON. (Translator). The French in Algiers. I. The soldier of the foreign legion. II. The prisoners of Abd-el-Kader. Translated from the German and French. London, John Murray, 1846. 176 pp. - Playfair 1091; Robinson, Wayward women, p. 278.

51     HEEREN, (Arnold) H.L. Historical researches into the politics, intercourse, and trade of the Carthaginians, Ethiopians, and Egyptians. Translated from the German. 2nd edition, corrected. London, H.G. Bohn, 1850.
Contemporary half morocco, top edge gilt. With 5 folding maps and plans. XXXII,520 pp. - Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p.296; Not in Kainbacher. 170,- e

52     HEAD, F.B. The life of Bruce, the African traveller. 2nd edition. London, John Murray, 1836.
Sm.8vo. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt in compartments. With engraved portrait (foxed), map (foxed) and folding map (skilfully repaired). VIII,477 pp. 145,- e

The life of James Bruce (Laird of Kinnaird), 1730-1794, Scottish explorer in East Africa.

53     HEIJDT, Johann Wolffgang. Allerneüester Geographisch- und Topographischer Schau-Platz von Africa und Ost-Indien, ausführliche und warhafte Vorstellung und Beschreibung, von den wichtigsten, der Holländisch-Ost-Indischen Compagnie in Africa und Asia zugehörigen Ländern, Küsten und Insulen .. Willhermsdorff, Johann Carl Tetschner & Nürnberg, Homann, 1744.
2 volumes (1 text volume and 1 plate volume). Oblong folio. Contemporary marbled boards (sl. worn). With engraved title, frontispiece and 116 engraved bird's-eye views (including 1 hand-coloured and 5 maps) by A. Hoffer a.o. after the author. (20),345,(4) pp. e 9.500,-
First and only edition. - J.W.Heydt, born in Konstadt, Silesia (now Wolczyn, Poland) signed on as a VOC soldier and stayed first in Colombo from 1734 until 1737. Upon his arrival in Batavia in 1737 he met his younger brother Ludwig Ernest who introduced him to the circle of the Governor-general. Governor-general Valkenier appointed him to his draughtsman and architect in 1738. On November 1740 he left aboard the Everswaard. As the ship remained in the Cape of Good Hope for almost two months, Heydt could reconnoitre and draw the region at his leisure. Within three years he had finished this publication, which is one of the finest illustrated books on the Dutch East Indies and the area covered by charter of the Dutch East India Company: India, Ceylon, South Africa and Japan. Several plates are relating to the Cape, and in the letterpress will be found a description of Cape Town and the surrounding districts. 'A masterpiece of German engraving' (Bastin-Brommer p.1). - Rare and beautiful geographical and topographical atlas. - (Stained in places).
Landwehr, VOC, 469 (copy with 115 plates only); Cat. KITLV p.9; Cat. NHSM I, p.241; Pictures from the Tropics, p.34-35; Mendelssohn I, p. 710; S.A.B. II, p. 554. - See illustration.

54     HOFSTEDE, H(elperus) J(ohannes). Geschiedenis van den Oranje-Vrijstaat, in verband met eene korte geschiedenis der aangrenzende kolonien, vooral der Kaapkolonie, volgens bezworen verklaringen der voortrekkers, en de archieven, documenten en proclamatien. 's Grav., D.A. Thieme, 1876.
Modern cloth, original printed wrappers preserved. With lithographed portrait, 7 maps (6 folding) and 9 tinted lithographed plates by Wed. E. Spanier & Zn. XIV,251 pp. 195,- e

First edition. - History of the Orange Free State, together with a short sketch of the neighbouring colonies, more especially the Cape Colony. The author had travelled throughout the Cape Colony, the Orange Free State, Natal, the Transvaal, Zululand, and Masai Land.
Mendelssohn I, p.722-23; S.A.B. II, p.585.

55     HUTTON, William. A voyage to Africa: including a narrative of an embassy to one of the interior kingdoms, in the year 1820; with remarks on the course and termination of the Niger, and other principal rivers in that country. London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821.
Contemporary half calf, spine richly gilt. With 2 folding maps and 4 hand-coloured aquatints. X,488 pp. e 1.650,-
First edition. - The author was acting consul for Ashantee, and an officer in the African Company's service. The book contains an account of his journey to Kumasi and includes a vocabulary and short grammar of the Ashanti and Fanti languages. The beautiful coloured plates are after the author by I. Clarck. - A very fine copy.
Abbey, travel, 280; Gay 2871; Hess & Coger 6404; Cardinall 563. - See illustration.

56     IRWIN, Eyles. A series of adventures in the course of a voyage up the Red-Sea, on the coasts of Arabia and Egypt, and of a route through the desarts of Thebais, hitherto unknown to the European travellers in the year 1777. In letters to a lady. London, J. Dodsley, 1780.
4to. Later half black calf, spine lettered in gilt. With engraved folding plan, 2 engraved plates (each with 2 views) printed in sepia, and 3 folding engraved maps. XVI,400 pp. 950,- e

First edition. - Irwin was born in Calcutta and served with the East India Company. He left India in 1777 for England, when his ship was captured by pirates. From Cossier he was forced to cross the desert to Suez and then on to Luxor, Cairo and Alexandria. It took him eleven months to reach England. In the autumn of 1780 he returned to India. Includes two poems by Irwin 'Ode to the dessert' and 'Ode to the Nile'. - (Age-browned).
Blackmer Collection 865; Atabey Collection 609; Ibrahim-Hilmy p.325.

57     ISERT, Paul Erdmann. Bref, om Guinea-Kusten och Caraibiske Öarne. I sammandrag från Tyfkan, af J.H. O(lin). Stockholm, Johan A. Carlbohm, 1795.
Sm.8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt (extremities of spine dam.). (4),222,(2) pp. 350,- e

Paul Erdmann Isert (1756-1789), Danish doctor in Christiansborg on the Gold Coast, was the first European explorer of Ashanti. He gives an account of the Danish settlements and considerable details of the customs of the natives. In 1786, on his way back, he describes the voyage from Africa to the Danish West Indies with a cargo of 452 blacks who rose against the whites on the second day at sea, with a resulting loss of 34 of their number and 2 of the crew wounded after a heated battle. He visited St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, Guadeloupe and Martinique. 'Because of the sensational nature of its contents, it has been heavily drawn on by writers on the slave traffic for nearly a century and a half' (Ragatz p. 226-27).
Cardinall 397 (French ed.); Gay 2812 (French ed.); Bibl. Danica II, 416; Sabin 35244; Hough, The Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection 405; Work p.11; Hogg 160.

58     ISERT, Paul Erdmann. Reis na Guinea en de Caribische eilanden in Columbien. Uit het Hoogduitsch. Met platen. Dordrecht, De Leeuw en Kraf, 1790.
Contemporary half calf, spine gilt (top of spine sl. dam.). With 2 engraved plates. VIII,418 pp. e 495,-
First Dutch edition. - Paul Erdmann Isert (1756-1789), Danish doctor in Christiansborg on the Gold Coast, was the first European explorer of Ashanti. He gives an account of the Danish settlements and considerable details of the customs of the natives. In 1786, on his way back, he describes the voyage from Africa to the Danish West Indies with a cargo of 452 blacks who rose against the whites on the second day at sea, with a resulting loss of 34 of their number and 2 of the crew wounded after a heated battle. He visited St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, Guadeloupe and Martinique. 'Because of the sensational nature of its contents, it has been heavily drawn on by writers on the slave traffic for nearly a century and a half' (Ragatz p. 226-27).
Cat. NHSM I, p.140 (later ed.); Cardinall 397 (French ed.); Sabin 35245; Cf. Gay 2812; Hough, The Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection 405; Work p.11; Hogg 160; Not in Tiele. - See illustration.

59     JACKSON, James Grey. An account of the empire of Marocco, and the district of Suse; compiled from miscellaneous observations made during a long residence in, and various journies through, these countries. To which is added, an accurate and interesting account of Timbuctoo, the great emporium of Central Africa. London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1809.
4to. Contemporary half calf (rebacked with the original spine laid down). With 2 maps (1 folding and with route marked in red) and 11 aquatint plates (2 hand-coloured and 5 folding) after the author by J.C. Stadler. XVI,287,(1) pp. e 1.950,-
First edition. - The author of this standard treatise resided during 16 years in different parts of Morocco, one of the Barbary States in North Africa. It forms one of the most comprehensive accounts of every aspect of life in the sultanate up to this date. - (Tear in blank margin of first three leaves skilfully rep.; some offsetting of the plates). - With armorial bookplate. - A fine copy.
Playfair & Brown 501; Abbey, Travel, 296; Gay 1248; Prideaux p.242: 'important book of travels with aquatint plates'; Hess & Coger 5556. - See illustration.

60     JONG VAN RODENBURGH, (C.M.) de. Schetsen en tooneelen uit den Atlas en den Aöerès. Arnhem, D.A. Thieme, 1869.
Original printed wrappers (spine dam.). With wood-engraved frontispiece. 307,(4) pp. 110,- e

First edition. - Rare description of Algeria.
Tiele 558; Cat. NHSM I, p.202; Playfair 2981.

61     JUNOD, Henri Alexandre. The life of a South African tribe. Neuchatel, Attinger Frères, 1912-13.
2 volumes. Original green pictorial cloth, gilt lettering, with dust-wrappers. With map and many photographic illustrations. 500; 574 pp. 450,- e

First enlarged edition in English, first published in French Les Ba-Ronga, 1898. - Classic work on the natives of South-East Africa, the Tonga tribe. 'It is one of the finest ethnographical publications on this part of the sub-continent ever issued' (Mendelssohn I, p.796). Volume I: The social life; volume II: The psychic life. - A very fine copy.
SAB II, p.714.

62     KAMAL, YOUSSOUF. Monumenta Cartographica Aegypti & Africae. Tome 5,I-II: Additamenta (naissance et évolution de la cartographie moderne; 2000 B.C. - 1890). (No pl.), 1951.
2 volumes. Elephant folio (75 x 60 cm). Original red and blue cloth gilt, with morocco labels on spines. With 164 maps, exquisitely printed in the original measurments. 1.750,- e

Between 1926 and 1951 there was published under the authorship and at the expense of the Egyptian Prince Youssouf Kamal, one of the most lavishly produced cartographical works of the 20th century, the Monumenta Cartographica Aegypti & Africae; only 100 copies were printed. The Monumenta aimed at bringing together as many documents as possible that could illustated the history of the cartography of the African continent, with special emphasis on Egypt. The actual editorship of the work was undertaken by the famous Dutch cartographer and librarian Dr. F.C. Wieder. The two supplementary volumes give an exceptional fine cartographical survey of Africa from 2000 B.C. till 1890. - A very fine set.

63     KAUDERN, Walter. Pa Madagaskar. Stockholm, A. Bonniers, 1913.
Original yellow cloth with mounted on the upper board a coloured photograph. With 2 maps and 103 photographic illustrations. 301 pp. 125,- e

First and only edition. - A fine illustrated account of the author's expedition on the island of Madagascar. - A nice copy.

64     KEMP, Dennis. Nine years at the Gold Coast. London, Macmillan and Co., 1898.
Original blue cloth with central gilt ornament on front (sl. rubbed), uncut. With map and 27 photographic plates. XV,279 pp. 95,- e

'As experience has taught me that there is a growing interest in this old British possession, I have ventured to touch upon topics other than those of a purely missionary character' (Preface).
Cardinall 1831.

65     LABARTHE, Pierre. Voyage a la côte de Guinée, ou description des côtes d'Afrique, depuis le cap Tagrin jusq'au cap de Lopez-Gonzalves. Contenant, des instructions relatives à la traite des noirs, d'après des mémoires authentiques. Paris, Debray, an XI - 1803.
Sm.8vo. Later half calf, spine gilt with red morocco title-label. With hand-coloured folding map. 310;(2) pp. 1.100,- e

First edition. - Ample description of Guinea, West Africa. Including information about the treatment of the blacks. 'Pierre Labarthe (1760-1824) fut nommé en 1794 chef du Bureau des Colonies orientales et des côtes d'Afrique, et occupa cette place jusqu'en 1808 .. Il avait recueilli de nombreux documents authentiques et des observations importantes qu'il a consignés dans des ouvrages encore consultés avec fruit (Hoefer). - A fine copy.
Cardinall 574; Work p.12; Joucla p.149; Chadenat 4330; Gay 2818.

66     LENORMANT, François. Histoire ancienne de l'Orient jusqu'aux guerres médiques. Tome I-II. Paris, A. Lévy, 1881-82.
2 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary green morocco, inside dentelles, g.e. With maps and many illustrations. XXVI,473; 462 pp. e 195,-
Vol.I Les origines - les races et les langues; II Les Egyptiens. - Ibrahim-Hilmy p.370.

67     LENZ, Oskar. Skizzen aus Westafrika. Selbsterlebnisse. Berlin, A. Hofmann & Co., 1878.
Old half cloth with paper label on spine. With folding map. (8),346 pp. 285,- e

First edition. - 'Eine Sammlung von untereinander selbstständigen Essays über die natürlichen und socialen Zustände jener wenig durchforschten und selten besuchten Küste, wie sich mir dieselben während einer dreijährigen (1874 bis 1877), im Auftrag der 'deutschen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung Aequatorial-Afrika's' unternommenen Reise dargestellt haben. Oscar Lenz (1848-1925) is 'einer der letzten aus der Heroenzeit der Afrikaforschung' (Hassert). - (Two margins restored; some foxing).
Kainbacher p. 241; Cf. Henze III, p.211-217.

68     LEO AfRICANUS, Joannes. Pertinente beschryvinge van Africa met alle de landen, koningrijken, steden, volken, gewoonten, gedierten, vogelen, boom- en aard-vruchten die daar zijn. Mitsgaders de koningen die daar geregeert, ende de oorlogen die sy gevoert hebben, van den jare 1600 af. Hier neffens is by-gevoegt een pertinente beschryvinge van de kuste van Guinea, soo als die hedensdaags bevaren word, en de handelinge die daar op de Gout-kust word gedreven ... Rott., Arnout Leers, 1665.
4to. Later calf, spine ribbed. With engraved title-vignette, engraved folding map by J. Hondius and 5 engraved plates (1 folding). (8),320,(8) pp. e 2.250,-
First Dutch edition. - 'Leo's work 'remained for centuries a major source on the Islamic world, and is still cited by historians and geographers of Africa. Although it is not free from errors .. certainly excusable if one takes into account the conditions in which it was put together.. it provides first-hand items of information on the situation at the ethnography and the institutions of their various inhabitants, and in particular, on political, economic and social life in North Africa' (Encyclopaedia of Islam). The author, a well educated Arab geographer, whose real name was Hasan Ben Mohamed Alvaza Alfasi (1483-1552), had travelled all over the moslem African countries, when in 1517 he was taken prisoner bij Christian pirates, and brought to Rome. When he was converted to the Christian faith he took the names of his protector: Johannes Leo. Scarce Dutch edition, enlarged with the history of Barbary since 1600, extracts from Nic. de Nicolay's work on Turkey and an important description of the Gold Coast.- (Neat repair to blank margin title-page; some waterstains to lower corners).
Tiele 651; Cat. NHSM I, p.199; SAB III, p.87; Gay 258 (not the Dutch ed.). - See illustration.

69     LEROY-BEAULIEU, Pierre. Les nouvelles sociétés Anglo-Saxonnes. Australie - Nouvelle-Zélande - Afrique australe. Paris, A. Colin et Cie, 1897.
Contemporay half calf, with 2 red morocco labels on spine. VIII,493 pp. 75,- e

First edition. - Ferguson 11590a; NZNB L 387; SAB III, p.91.

70     LINDRIDGE, James. (Ed.). Tales of shipwrecks and adventures at sea. Being a collection of faithful narratives of shipwrecks, mutinies, fires, famines, and disasters, incidental to a sea life; together with celebrated voyages, amusing tales, tough yarns, and interesting anecdotes. London, William Mark Clark, 1846.
4to. Contemporary half calf (hinges sl. dam.), spine gilt. With 153 wood-engravings by Landells and others. IX,(2),948 pp. 375,- e

Popular accounts of many shipwrecks, profusselly illustrated. Many took place off the coast in Africa. - Scarce.
Huntress 347C.

71     LIVINGSTONE, David. Explorations dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique australe et voyage a travers le continent de Saint-Paul de Loanda a l'embouchure du Zambèse de 1840 a 1856. Ouvrage traduit de l'Anglais par H. Loreau. Paris, Hachette, 1859.
Contemporary half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, g.e. With folding frontispiece, portrait, 2 folding maps and 24 wood-engravings. 759 pp. 220,- e

First French edition. - 'Livingstone's (1813-1873) services to African geography during thirty years are almost unequalled; he covered about a third of the continent from the Cape to the Equator and from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Livingstone .. one of the great characters of the nineteenth century, embodying all the virtues of the Victorian age' (PMM p.207). His 'Missionary travels and researches in South Africa', perhaps the most famous of all African exploration books, recounts Livingstone's travels through South Africa, with the discovery of Lake N'gami while accompanied by his wife. - (Some foxing as usual).
Mendelssohn I, p.908-910 (English ed.); SAB III, p.134; Gay p.226; Hess and Coger 3073 (ed. of 1877).

72     LOBO, Jerónimo. Voyage historique d'Abissinie. Traduit du Portugais, continué & augmenté de plusieurs dissertations, lettres & mémoires. Amst., Aux depens de la Compagnie, 1728.
2 volumes in 1. Sm.8vo. Contemporary panelled calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments (extremities of spine very sl. dam.). With titles printed in red, 2 engraved frontispieces and 2 engraved folding maps. XIII,(3),346; 291,(20) pp. 1.450,- e

The first edition to appear in print. Lobo wrote his book in Portuguese, the French edition was based on a Portuguese manuscript, now lost, possibly destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Another Portuguese manuscript was discovered in the Braga public library in 1947 and published in 1971, the first printing of Lobo's work in its original language. Jeronimo Lobo (1593-1678) traveled to the Ethiopian city of Assab at the southern end of the Red Sea. From there, he traveled to Gondar and the region around Lake Tana in the northwestern part of the country. He visited the Tisisat Falls and came upon the source of the Blue Nile, which he observed flowing out of two springs in the ground. Lobo died in 1678, the last survivor of the Ethiopian mission. - A fine copy.

73     MAX O'RELL. (BLOUET, Leon Paul). John Bull & Co. The great colonial branches of the firm: Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. 20th thousand. London, Frederick Warne & Co., 1894.
Original pictorial cloth (sl. faded). With many illustrations. XX,322 pp. e 55,-
'A witty and humerous, but caustically written account of the principal British colonies' (Mendelssohn I, p.141). - Ferguson 7154; NZNB B1050.

74     MAYO, W(ill) S(tarbuck). Kaloolah, or journeyings to the Djébel Kumri: an autobiography of Jonathan Romer. N.Y., G.P. Putnam, 1849.
Original embossed green cloth with pictorial gilt decoration on front, spine lettered in gilt. With tinted lithographed frontispiece and title-page. XI,514 pp. 275,- e

First edition. - Mayo's (1812-1895) first novel, a tremendous succes going not less than nine editions till 1900. An adventure story of the exploration of Africa, and the finding of a mythical country, Framazugda, whose inhabitants are decendants from a white race that settle there long ago. A predecessor to Rider Haggard genre (lost race novel) (DAB). - (Some marginal staining).
Gay 457: C'est un récit d'aventures fabuleuses, sorte d'utopie satirique.

75     MOLLIEN, Gaspard Théodore. Travels in the interior of Africa, to the sources of the Senegal and Gambia; performed by command of the French government, in the year 1818. Edited by T.E. Bowdich. London, Henry Colburn & Co., 1820.
4to. Contemporary calf, gilt fillets round sides (rebacked). With stipple engraved frontispiece portrait, large folding map (small tear) and 6 aquatint plates. XI,378,(2) pp. e 1.550,-
The first French and English edition issued in the same year. Sometimes welcomed by friendly tribesman, sometimes exploited, Gaspard Mollien (1796-1872) finally reached his goal: the neighbouring sources of the Rio Grande (now the Corubal), Gambia and Falémé rivers. A few days later, on 26 April 1819, he discovered the source of the Senegal river as well. He was the first European traveller to traverse that territory. 'Important work on African travel illustrated in aquatint' (Prideaux p.240). - Except some offsetting of the plates a fine copy. - See illustration.
Abbey, Travel, 273; Hess & Coger 7427; Joucla p. 177 (French ed.); Gay 2910.

76     MONRAD, H.C. Gemälde der Küste von Guinea und der Einwohner derselben, wie auch der Dänischen Colonien auf dieser Küste; entworfen während meines Aufenthaltes in Afrika in den Jahren 1805 bis 1809. Aus dem Dänischen übersetzt von H.E. Wolf. Weimar, 1824.
Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with later red morocco title-label and gilt armorial stamp inside. XXII,388 pp. 975,- e

First edition. - H.C. Monrad served as a chaplain on the West African coast from 1805-09 and opposed the slave trade. From the Danish trading castle, Fort Christiansborg, at Accra, built by the Swedes in 1652, occupied by the Dutch in 1660 and taken by the Danes in 1661, the Danes obtained almost a monopoly of trade along the coast eastward as far as Keta, by building a chain of nine subordinate forts and lodges. The Danes ceded their forts to the British in 1850. - Rare.
Cardinall 591: very detailed; Kainbacher p.278; Engelmann I, p.104.

77     MONTHOLON. Geschiedenis van Napoleon's gevangenschap op St. Helena. Amersfoort, W.J. van Bommel van Vloten, 1846. 2 volumes. Original printed boards (spines rep.). With 2 lithographed frontispieces. 288; 250 pp. e 95,-
Eye-witness account of Napoleon's imprisonment on the island of St. Helena.

78     MORELL, John Reynell. Algeria: the topography and history, political, social, and natural of French Africa. London, N. Cooke, 1854.
Original green embossed cloth, spine gilt. With numerous wood-engravings (map missing). 490 pp. 95,- e

An English account of Algeria written after the French occupation.
Playfair 1705.

79     MORGAN, John. Algemeene beschryvinge van Barbaryen .. alsmeede, een nauwkeurige histori van Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli en Oran ... In het Engelsch beschreeven. 2e druk. 's Grav., Gerard Block, 1733.
2 volumes in 1. 4to. Contemporary vellum (sl. dam.). With titles printed in red and black, folding engraved map, 2 folding engraved plans and 4 engraved portraits. (44),373; 374 pp. 750,- e

Second edition, first edition with the plates. - Focused on the life, currencies, customs and religions, laws, crimes and punishments, foreign residencies, etc. of the piratical states of Barbary in North Africa: Algeria, Tropoli, Tunis and Morocco. Including an account of the piracy in the region.
Tiele 767; Cat. NHSM I, p.201; Cox I, p.372; Playfair, Algeria (&) Morocco, 225 (&) 376.

80     MOUNTENEY-JEPHSON, A.J. Emin Pasha and the rebellion at the Equator. A story of nine months' experiences in the last of the Soudan provinces. With the revision and co-operation of Henry M. Stanley. London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890.
Original pictorial red cloth, gilt lettering. With frontispiece portrait, folding coloured map, folding facsimile of the Mahdi's letter, 21 wood-engraved plates and 24 wood-engraved illustrations. XXIV,490 pp. 275,- e

First edition; with large autograph dedication by the author. - A.J. Mounteney-Jephson was one of Stanley's officers at his last African expedition, a relief mission to aid Mehmed Emin Pascha (Eduard Schnitzer 1840-1892), the German-born governor of southern Soudan's Equatoria province, in 1888. After an arduous journey from the mouth of the Congo, Stanley arrived at Emin Pasha's outpost and succeeded in evacuating the garrison. Emin Pasha entered the service of the German government in German East Africa in 1890. In October 1892, at Kinena, about 100 miles south of Stanley Falls, he was murdered in his encampment by Arab slave traders. Stanley provided the introduction for this work. - A fine copy.
Hess & Coger 1468 (French ed. only).

81     NAAM-BOEKJE VAN DE .. HOOGE INDIASCHE REGEERINGE. GEQUALIFICEERDE PERSOONEN, ENZ. OP BATAVIA; mitsgaders de respective gouverneurs, directeurs, commandeurs en opperhoofden op de buiten comptoiren .. Nevens de hooge en mindere collegien en bediendens op de buyten comptoiren van Nederlands India. (Including:) NAAM-LYST DER GENERAALS DIRECTEURS, GEREGEERT HEBBENDE OVER DE NOORD- EN ZUYDKUST VAN AFRICA BEGINNENDE MET DEN JAARE 1637. Mitsgaders de bediendens van de West-Indische Compagnie .. op de kust van Guinea (& St. Eustatius). (Also including:) DE HOOGE REGEERING, MINDERE COLLEGIEN EN BEDIENDENS DER COLONIE VAN SURINAME; nevens een lyst der gouverneurs generaal en commandeurs, zedert den jare 1683. Amst., Petrus Schouten en Reinier Ottens, 1780.
3 volumes in 1. Sm.8vo. Original green overlapping vellum. 156 pp. 675,- e

Bound with: NAAMREGISTER VAN DE .. ADMIRALITEIT, ALS MEDE DE .. BEWINDHEBBEREN VAN DE OOST EN WEST-INDISCHE COMPAGNIE. Amst., 1780. - Cf.Landwehr, VOC, 1495. - And: 11 other Dutch 'who is who' books published in the same year including the one for the chemists. - With library stamp on first title-page otherwise a mint copy.

82     PANANTI, Filippo. Mijne lotgevallen en reizen in de Barbarijsche roofstaten. Uit het Italiaansch. Leeuwarden, Steenbergen van Goor, 1830.
2 volumes in 1. Contemporary half calf (spine dam.). XX,331; VIII,336 pp. 345,- e

First Dutch edition, first published in Italian in 1817. - A geographical and historical narrative of a residence in Algiers, with biographical sketches of the Dey and his ministers, observations on the relations of the Barbary States with European countries, etc.
Gay 941 & Playfair 322 & Ashbee p.49 (not the Dutch ed.); not in Tiele or Cat. NHSM.

83     PARK, Mungo. Reizen in Afrika. Op nieuw bewerkt door Friedrich Steger. Uit het Hoogduitsch vertaald door E. Drenth. Amst., C.L. Brinkman, 1878.
Original decorated cloth, spine gilt. With tinted lithographed frontispiece and 2 tinted lithographed plates. XI,323 pp. 65,- e

Adapted edition of the famous account of the Scottish surgeon and traveler Mungo Park (1771-1806) in West Africa.

84     - -. Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed under the direction and patronage of the African Association, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. With an appendix containing geographical illustrations of Africa by major Rennell. London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1799.
4to. Contemporary full russia, gilt fillets round sides, inner dentelles, spine richly gilt. With engraved portrait, 2 plates with musical scores, 3 folding maps (2 with small tears) and 5 engraved plates. XXVIII,372,XCII,(2) pp. 1.750,- e

First edition. - Mungo Park (1771-1806) was the first European to reach the well-nigh fabulous waters of the Niger. He followed the river almost to the Senegal valley. He finally reached Gambia after a lengthy return journey. His journal included a detailed description of travel conditions, the nature of the area, rivers, and customs of various tribes. 'Park's Travels had an immediate success and was translated into most European languages. It has become a classic of travel literature, and its scientific observations on the botany and meteorology of the region, and on the social and domestic life of the negroes, have remained of lasting value. Park's career was short, but he made the first great practical advance in the opening-up of Central Africa' (PMM 253). - With armorial bookplate. - Some age-browning and offsetting of the plates otherwise a very fine copy.
Cox I, p.394; Gay 2788; Ibrahim-Hilmy II, p.93; Hess & Coger 5655.

85     PARK, Mungo. Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed under the direction and patronage of the African Association, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. With an appendix containing geographical illustrations of Africa by
Major Rennel. 3rd edition. London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1799.
4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt. With engraved portrait, 2 plates with musical scores, 3 folding maps and 5 engraved plates. XII,372,(2),XCII pp. e 1.295,-
Published in the same year as the first edition. - Mungo Park (1771-1806) was the first European to reach the well-nigh fabulous waters of the Niger. He followed the river almost to the Senegal valley. He finally reached Gambia after a lengthy return journey. His journal included a detailed description of travel conditions, the nature of the area, rivers, and customs of various tribes. 'Park's Travels had an immediate success and was translated into most European languages. It has become a classic of travel literature, and its scientific observations on the botany and meteorology of the region, and on the social and domestic life of the negroes, have remained of lasting value. Park's career was short, but he made the first great practical advance in the opening-up of Central Africa' (PMM 253). - A fine copy.
Cox I, p.394; Gay 2788; Ibrahim-Hilmy II, p.93; Hess & Coger 5655. - See illustration.

86     PARKER, G.W. A concise grammar of the Malagasy language. London, Trübner & Co., 1883.
Original cloth (extremities sl. rubbed). With folding table. 66 pp. 125,- e

First edition. - 'The language spoken by the various tribes which inhabit Madagascar was essentially a spoken language, no symbols or pictures of the nature of writing having been found, until the early part of the present century' (Preface).
Grandidier 3852.

87     (PETIT). Voyage a Hippone, au commencement du cinquième siècle; par un ami de Saint Augustin. Lille, L. Lefort, 1838.
Sm.8vo. Contemporary half morocco, spine gilt. With lithographed frontispiece. 280 pp. - Voyage to Bône/Bona in Algeria. - Not in Playfair. 30,- e

88     PINTO, Serpa. Tvärs genom Afrika. Frän Atlantiska till Indiska oceanen genom okända land; Upptäckt af den stora Zambesis bifloder o.s.v. Auktoriserad ofversättning frän Engelskan af C.A. Swahn. Stockholm, C.E. Fritze, (1881).
2 volumes. Original pictorial cloth. With 10 (of 11) maps (without the separately published general map), 24 wood-engraved plates and numerous wood-engravings in the text. V,376; VI,386 pp. 175,- e

First Swedish edition. - The author was chosen by the Portuguese Government to take a leading position in the expedition sent by them to explore South Central Africa. The narrative includes detailed accounts of the native chiefs and their subjects along the route, and is full of all kinds of adventures, the journey having been carried out in the face of exceptional difficulties and privations (Mendelssohn II, p.168-169).
Czech p.131.

89     PORTFOLIO COLONIAL DÉPEIGNANT LES PAYSAGES, LES VILLES ET LES INDUSTRIES DES POSSESSIONS ET DÉPENDANCES FRANÇAISES. Photographies rassemblées par John L. Stoddard. Paris, The Werner Company, 1895.
Oblong 8vo. 12 issues in original green printed wrappers bound in 1 volume, contemporary half brown morocco (sl. rubbed, loose). 192 full-page photographic plates depicting views of the French colonies. - With armorial bookplate. 95,- e

90     PREVOST, Antoine François. Reizen langs de westkust van Afrika, van Kaap Blanko tot Sierra Leona: vervattende de Engelse bezittingen, en koophandel, op de riviere Gambra, met de aardrykskundige- en natuurkundige historie der nabuurige landen. - Reizen naar Guinee en Benin, vervattende de kust van Sierra-Leona, tot aan Kaap Gonsalvo. 's Grav., Pieter de Hondt, 1748.
2 volumes. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments (top of spines rep.). With title-pages printed in red and black, 12 engraved maps (6 folding) and 43 engraved plates (13 folding) by J. van Schley. 435,(5); (4),532,(6) pp. 1.650,- e

Enlarged and improved Dutch edition of the French series edited by Prevost: Historische beschryving der reizen, vol. IV-V. Detailed description of West-Africa with accounts of the English and Dutch possessions. With fine engravings. - (Some minor foxing).
Tiele 103; Cat. NHSM I, p.108.

91     - -. Voyages en différentes parties de l'Afrique et dans les isles adjacentes. La Haye, Pierre de Hondt, 1747.
4to. Later half calf. With 24 (of 41) engraved maps and plans (several folding) by J. van der Schley. VI,480 pp. 350,- e

Histoire générale des voyages, Tome III. - Descriptions of West Africa and the African islands.

92     PYL, R. van der. Korte beschrijving der staten van Barbarije. Marokko, Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli en Fezzan. Benevens een naauwkeurig verhaal van de roemrijke overwinning, door de gecombineerde, Britsche en Nederlandsche vloten, onder Lord Exmouth en den Baron van de Capellen, onlangs voor Algiers behaald. Dordrecht, A. Blussé & Zoon, 1816.
Contemporary tree-calf, spine gilt. With engraved frontispiece depicting the city of Algiers by J.C. Bensdorp. IV,304 pp. 395,- e

Original edition. - Rare Dutch description of North Africa. Including an account of the Dutch-English victory off the coast of Algiers. - A nice copy.
Playfair & Brown 513; Not in Cat. NHSM and Tiele.

93     RAMBAUD, Alfred. (Réd.). La France coloniale. Histoire - géographie - commerce. 3me édition. Paris, A. Colin et Cie, 1886.
Original decorated red cloth gilt, g.e. With 12 coloured maps (some double-page). XXXVIII,714 pp. 125,- e

On Algeria, Tunesia, Senegal,, Guinea, Madagascar, Tahiti, Vietnam, Annam, Cambodia, etc. - (Some foxing).
Ashbee p.53; Grandidier 4130.

94     RAMSEYER, (Frederik Augustus) & (Johannes) KÜHNE. Four years in Ashantee. Edited by Weitbrecht. With introduction by Gundert and preface by Christleib. London, James Nisbet & Co., 1875.
Contemporary half green morocco, spine gilt. With frontispiece and 3 other wood-engraved plates. XV,320 pp. 295,- e

First edition. - 'In 1869, the Akwems and the Anglos, a tribe who live further to the east, formed a secret alliance with Ashantee, and the latter power sent an army across the Volta to seize upon territory just outside the British protectorate. It was believed in Coomassie that the English would not raise any earnest objection to this, and the plan was, after winning great victories, to push on with increased strength to the Gold Coast. This expedition led, in June 1869, to the destruction of the two mission stations Anum and Wegbe (or Ho). Whilst the residents at the latter place were able to escape in good time, retreat was impossible for the Basel missionaries. They were made prisoners' (Introductory chapter).
Cardinall 1062; Hess & Coger 6432.

95     - -. Vier Jahre in Asante. Tagebücher der Missionare Ramseyer und Kühne aus der Zeit ihrer Gefangenschaft. Bearbeitet von H. Gundert. 2. verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Basel, 1875.
Original half cloth, spine lettered in gold. With frontispiece portraits, folding map and folding plan. VIII,295 pp. 275,- e

In 1869, the Akwems and the Anglos, a tribe who live further to the east, formed a secret alliance with Ashantee, and the latter power sent an army across the Volta to seize upon territory just outside the British protectorate. It was believed in Coomassie that the English would not raise any earnest objection to this, and the plan was, after winning great victories, to push on with increased strength to the Gold Coast. This expedition led, in June 1869, to the destruction of the two mission stations Anum and Wegbe (or Ho). Whilst the residents at the latter place were able to escape in good time, retreat was impossible for the Basel missionaries. They were made prisoners.
Cardinall 1062 (English ed.); Hess & Coger 6432 (English ed.); Kainbacher p.328.

96     RILEY, James. Loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815, with an account of Tombuctoo, and of the hitherto undiscovered great city of Wassanah. London, John Murray, 1817.
4to. Later half calf, spine lettered in gold. With folding map (mounted on linen). XVI,618 pp. 845,- e

First English edition. - The Commerce struck near Cape Bojador on August 28, 1815. The whole crew reached shore but the Arabs forced them back to the wreck. They repaired the boat and after their second landing near Cape Barba, they were captured and enslaved by Arabs. After many adventures Riley was ransomed by the British consul in Mogadore. This was one of the most popular books of the 19th century in the United States, probably because of interest in the Arab countries developed in the wars with the Barbary States, and because of its interesting reverse view of slavery - Moors were considered Blacks, and in this narrative they were the owners of white Americans. - Good copy.
Huntress 190C; Sabin 71398; Hess & Coger 5681; Playfair & Brown 514: fairly circumstantial. -.

97     ROBINSON, Charles Henry. Hausaland or fifteen hundred miles through the Central Soudan. 3rd edition. London, Sampson Low, 1900.
Contemporary polished calf with gilt fillets round sides with central coat of arms (Schola Carliolensis), spine gilt (spine sl. rubbed). With portrait, folding coloured map (small tear) and 30 photographic illustrations and plates. XVI,303 pp. 215,- e

First published in 1896. - Standard work on the Hausas in Central and West Africa. Description of the river Niger up to Kano, slavery and slave-raiding, native medicines, fauna and flora, the Hausa language, Mohammedanism in the Central Soudan, the pelgrimage to Mecca, etc. - Nice copy.
Work p.87; Hess & Coger 7156.

98     SAINT-PIERRE, Jacques-Henri Bernardin. Paul en Virginia. Naar het verhaal van Bernardin de Saint-Pierre door W.N. Peyers. Amst., J. Vlieger, (c. 1890).
Original chromo-lithographed wrappers. With 6 chromo-lithographed plates. 16 pp. 45,- e

Ile de France or Mauritius is the scene of this very popular novel Paul et Virginie, first published in 1789. - Fine.

99     SCHILLINGS, C(arl) G(eorg). With flashlight and rifle. A record of hunting adventures and of studies in wild life on equatorial East Africa. Translated by Fr. Whyte, with an introduction by H.H. Johnston. London, Hutchinson and Co., 1906.
2 volumes. Original pictorial green cloth, top edge gilt (sl. rubbed). With 302 photographic illustrations by the author. XXVII,VIII,782 pp. 195,- e

First edition. - 'Consciously or unconsciously, Herr Schillings has followed in the footsteps of Mr. Edward North Buxton, who was the first sportsman of repute having the courage to stand up before a snobbish public and proclaim that the best sport for a man of cultivated mind is the snapshotting with the camera (with or without the telephotographic lens), rather than the pumping of lead into elephants, rhinoceroses, antelopes, zebras, and many other harmless, beautiful, or rare beasts and birds' (Introduction). 'The author was a pioneer in night photography' (Czech p.143).

100     SHARPE, Samuel. The early history of Egypt, from the old testament, Herodotus, Manetho, and the hieroglyphical inscriptions. London, Edward Moxon, 1836.
Old half cloth. With 6 plates. VIII,172 pp. 145,- e

First edition. - Ibrahim-Hilmy II, p.232.

101     SPEKE, John Hanning. Les sources du Nil. Journal de voyage. Traduit de l'Anglais, avec autorisation de l'auteur par E.D. Forgues. 3me édition. Paris, Hachette, 1881.
Original printed wrappers (sl. dam.). With 4 folding maps and 78 wood-engravings. 579 pp. 175,- e

John Hanning Speke (1827-64), army officer, big game hunter, whose claim to have located the source of the Nile was proved correct after years of dispute. Speke, together with captain Grant, were the first Europeans to cross Equatorial Eastern Africa. His account is one of the cornerstone books of African exploration.
Ibrahim-Hilmy p.255; Czech p.151 (English ed.); Hess & Coger 417 (English ed.).

102     STANLEY, Henry Morton. In darkest Africa or the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890.
2 volumes. Original pictorial reddish brown cloth gilt (extremities of spines sl. dam.). With 2 frontispieces, 3 folding coloured maps (1 with a tear) and 150 wood-engravings. XV,529; XV,472 pp. 425,- e

First edition. - Stanley's (1841-1904) last African expedition (1887-1889) with 700 members. He ascended the Congo River and then marched across central Africa in command of a relief expedition for Emin Pasha, the German-born governor of southern Sudan's Equatoria province, who had been cut off from Anglo-Egyptian forces to the north since the outbreak of a Muslim revolt six years earlier. Together they explored the Semliki River and established it as the principal connection between Lake Albert and Lake Edward. While in the region, Stanley made European discovery of the Ruwenzori Range (the fabled 'Mountains of the Moon') and arrived in Zanzibar in late 1889. He was the second European to cross Central Africa from west to east. - A good copy of Stanley's classic travel narrative.
Hess and Coger 155.

103     - -. In Afrikas donkere wildernissen. Tochten, ontdekkingen en ontmoetingen, opsporing van, en terugkeer met Emin Pacha. Arnhem, Nijmegen, Gebr. E. & M. Cohen, (c. 1895).
2 volumes. 8vo. Original green pictorial cloth (top of spines dam.). With 2 folding maps and numerous woodengravings. (8),X,600; (8),579 pp. 175,- e

First published in English, In darkest Africa, in 1890. - Narrative of Stanley's (1841-1904) last African expedition. He traveled up the Congo River and crossed central Africa in command of a relief expedition for Emin Pacha.

104     - -. Im dunkelsten Afrika. Aussuchung, Rettung und Rückzug Emin Pascha's, Gouverneurs der Aequatorialprovinz. Aus dem Englischen von H. von Wobeser. 6. Auflage. Lpzg., F.A. Brockhaus, 1908.
2 volumes. Original pictorial cloth (stained). With numerous wood-engravings. XII,515; VIII,480 pp. 195,- e

First German edition published in 1890. - Account of Stanley's fourth and last African expedition, when he crossed the continent a second time, containing the official account of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition and the discovery of the Mountains of the Moon.
Kainbacher p.403.

105     STANLEY, Henry Morton. My Kalulu. Prince, king, and slave. A story of Central Africa. N.Y., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891.
Original pictorial gilt cloth. With wood-engraved frontispiece and 14 wood-engraved plates. XIV,432 pp. e 170,-
First published in 1873. - This novel for boys, Stanley's only one, is based on his personal servant in Africa. The real Kalulu had been given to Stanley as an eight-year old boy by a slave trader, he drowned during an attemp to cross the River Congo. - Nice copy.
Hogg 4399; Hess and Coger 3114.

106     STUART, Martinus. De mensch zoo als hij voorkomt op den bekenden aardbol. 2e vermeerderde druk. Zalt-Bommel, Joh. Noman & Zoon, 1835-36. 6 volumes in 3. Contemporary half cloth, with paper title-label on spines. With hand-coloured frontispiece, folding plate, 6 hand-coloured engraved titles and 41 hand-coloured plates by L. Portman after Jaques Kuyper depicting ethnic types. e 950,-
The first Dutch treatise on geographical anthropology. Martinus Stuart (1765-1826) was assigned historian to king Willem I in 1815. He describes the manners and customs of the natives of America, Africa, Australia and the Pacific. The fine costume plates are printed in colour and finished by hand. Each plate depict a man and a woman. The last two volumes deal with Africa, the fifth volume containing an account of the Hottentots, Namquas, Houzouanas, and Kaffirs (Mendelssohn II, p.452).- A fine set.
Landwehr, Col.Pl., 448; Tiele 1065; Lipperheide I, p.376.

107     TEMPLE, Grenville T. Excursions in the Mediterranean. Algiers and Tunis. London, Saunders and Otley, 1835.
2 volumes. Contemporary half calf, spines richly gilt. With 2 lithographed frontispieces, one coloured by hand (the other one stained) and 2 folding maps. XI,301; VII,358 pp. 375,- e

First edition. - 'An admirable and scholarly account of his journeyings in the two countries during 1823-33' (Ashbee p.63). - With armorial bookplate.
Playfair 602; Blackmer Collection 1643 (note).

108     TENGBERGEN, H.F. Verhaal van den reistogt en expeditie naar de Neerlandsche bezittingen ter westkust van Afrika (kust van Guinea). 's Grav., S. de Visser & Zoon, 1839.
Half cloth. With lithographed title with nice oval view of St. George d'Elmina and St. Jago, portrait of Bonsoe, King of Hanta, and folding lithographed map. VIII,138;(2) pp. 495,- e

First edition. - Account of the Dutch expedition sent off to re-establish Dutch power in West Africa, especially on the Gold Coast. 'Owing to its large population, Elmina was feared by the surrounding coastal towns. However, in 1838, during a visit to the Guinea Coast, H.F. Tenbergen noted that twelve thousend people lived in Elmina. It was threrefore one of the major towns in both the Portuguese and Dutch periods of supremacy on the coast' (Nii Anum Kpobi, Mission in chains, p.30). - With library stamp of the Department of (the Dutch) Colonies. - Rare.
Tiele 1085; Cat. NHSM I, p.541; Cardinall 625.

109     THOMPSON, Joseph Parrish. Photographic views of Egypt, past and present. Glasgow, William Collins, (1855).
Sm.8vo. Contemporary polished calf with gilt lettering (Blairlodge Academy) to upper board, spine richly gilt with red morocco title-label (bound by Seton & Mackenzie). 319 pp. 125,- e

First edition. - The 'photographic views' of the title are a methaphor for the author's memories of Egypt. Thompson (1819-1879) traveling to Egypt for his health, visited Alexandria, Cairo, and traveled up the Nile to Aswan. Seeing the usual sights, he also shows a great concern and interest in the people. - A nice copy.
Ibrahim-Hilmy II, p.285.

110     TRACTAAT TUSSCHEN .. DE STAATEN GENERAAL DER VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDEN, EN DE REGEERINGE VAN ALGIERS. Geslooten in het jaar 1757. 's Grav., J. en I. Scheltus, 1758.
4to. Wrappers. With woodcut on title-page. 19 pp. 100,- e

Treaty between the Dutch Republic and the kingdom of Algeria.
Knuttel 18670.

111     (TUCKER, Sarah). Abbeokoeta; of: de dageraad tusschen de keerkringen: eene schets van het ontstaan en den vooruitgang der zending in Yorriba. Uit het Engelsch .. vertaald en bijgewerkt door T.M. Looman. Amst., H. Höveker, 1860.
Sm.8vo. Original embossed cloth with gilt lettering. With 2 coloured lithographed plates, 3 (not 4 as erroneously mentioned on the title-page) folding maps and 8 wood-engravings. VIII,330,(5) pp. 145,- e

Much improved Dutch edition, first published in English in 1853: Abbeokuta, or sunrise within the tropics: an outline of the origin and progress of the Yoruba mission. Description of Yoruba on the West African coast.
Cf. Abbey, Travel, 287 (English ed.) and Gay 2799 (French ed.); Hess and Coger 7187 (English ed.); not in Tiele.

112     VALCKENBURGH, Johan. Brief van Johan Valckenburgh, directeur generael van wegen de geoctroyeerde West-Indische Compagnie der Vereenigde Nederlanden op de custe van Guinea/ geschreven aende heeren Staten Generael .. St. George da Mina in Guinea, den vierden October 1664. 's Grav., Hillebrandt van Wouw, 1665. Broadside. 795,- e

Official printed letter of the director of Dutch West Africa, Johan Valckenburgh. He complains for the behavior of the English captains John Stoakes, Robbert Holmes and Joseph Cubit, who in spite of the treaty, still came with war ships and conquered the forts Tacorary, Cabo Cors, Adia, Annemabo and Chama. The Dutch soldiers were tortured. Valckenburgh now asks for help. - (Waterstained).
Knuttel 9046

113     VERNER, Willoughby. Sketches in the Soudan. London, R.H. Porter, 1886.
4to oblong. Original pictorial lithographed boards (spine half cloth, corners sl. bumped). With lithographed title, map in colours, and 37 fine tinted lithographed plates by Keuleman after sketches by the author, with facing text. e 1.025,-
Second edition. - The fine plates are all but three or four sketches from nature, the majority coloured on the spot by the author, drawn on stone by J.G. KEULEMANS and reproduced in colour by Hanhart. Text and lithographs are all taken from the diary and the sketch-book of Captain Verner (3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade) kept during a Nile Expedition in 1884-1885. - Fine clean copy.
Ibrahim-Hilmy II p.307; Hess & Coger 1638. - See illustration.

114     VINGBOONS, Johannes. Verzameling van pas-kaarten, dienende tot de vaart naar Oost- en Westindien; meest alle uitvoerig met de pen getekent: benevens eenige afbeeldingen van voorname eylanden, steden en sterktens, zo wel in de Spaansche Engelsche als Nederlands Indien gelegen: alle zeer net naar't leven met waterverven geschildert. (No pl., c. 1660). Facsimile with introduction by J. van Bracht. Haarlem, 1981.
Large folio. Artificial leather with gilt monogram of the V.O.C. and W.I.C. With 107 finely coloured maps, plans and panoramic views (many double page) of the erea covered by the charter of the V.O.C. and W.I.C. e 750,-
Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies printed. - This splendid facsimile contains handdrawn and painted maps, charts and views, dating from c. 1660 from the secret map archives of the VOC and WIC. They have never been printed before. Depicting a.o. maps of Madagascar, Gold Coast, and views of West Africa (forts Argyn and Elmina), Island of Goeree, Loanda, Table Bay. - A nice copy.

115     VOGEL, Eduard. Schilderung der Reisen und Entdeckungen in Central-Afrika, in der grossen Wüste, in den Ländern des Sudan (am Tsad-See, in Mussgo, Mandara, Sinder, Bautschi u.s.w.). Nebst einem Lebensabriss des Reisenden. Nach den Originalquellen bearbeitet von Herman Wagner. 2. Auflage. Lpzg., Otto Spamer, 1860.
Original embossed cloth with gilt pictorial illustration on front (spine discoloured). With folding map, 8 tinted wood-engraved plates and 100 wood-engraved illustrations. X,320 pp. 245,- e

Das Buch der Reisen und Entdeckungen. - Eduard Vogel (1829-1856), a young German astronomer and naturalist, was sent out by the British Government as a replacement for Barth's expedition in Africa. Vogel was the first European Barth had seen since the death of Overweg two years earlier. Vogel proceeded to complete the work which Barth had begun to the south of Lake Chad, and intended to cross Africa to the Nile. He reached Wadai, where he was murdered. - (Some browning).
Kainbacher p.437.

116     WAGENAAR, Johannes. Den 19de february, 1789 is op het fort D'Elmina, overleeden Johannes Wagenaar. (Elmina, 1789). Printed text within engraved border. 175,- e

Very rare Elima (Ghana) imprint of a death-notice.

117     WELSH, James. Military reminiscences; extracted from a journal of nearly forty years' active service in the East Indies. London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1830.
2 volumes. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt with morocco title-labels. With 2 aquatint frontispieces, 2 engraved title-vignettes, 12 aquatint plans (2 folding), 20 aquatint plates (2 folding), and 52 wood-engraved plates and illustrations. XIV,354; VIII,347 pp. 1.795,- e

First edition. - James Welsh (1775-1861) was colonel of the Madras establishment. He obtained a commission as ensign in the army of the East India Company on 22 May 1790, and arrived at Madras on 23 January 1791. He married at Calcutta, in 1794, a daughter of Francis Light, first governor of Prince of Wales Island, Penang, by whom he had a numerous family (DNB).. Although this book deals primarily with India, Welsh also visited Madeira, Ceylon, Canton, Prince of Wales Island (Penang), Malacca, and the Cape of Good Hope. The beautifil aquatints are by R. Havell, R.G. Reeve, F.C. Lewis, and others. 'An unusual feature is the use of aquatint for the maps and plans, plan of Punalla in particular, being almost entirely aquatint used as contour shading' (Abbey). - With armorial bookplate. - A very fine copy.
Abbey, Travel, 547; Prideaux p.355; S.A.B. IV, p.747.

118     WET, HOUDENDE BEPALINGEN TOT BEVORDERING VAN DEN HANDEL MET DE EILANDEN EN HET VASTE LAND VAN NOORD- EN ZUID-AMERIKA EN DE KUST VAN GUINEA. GEARRESTEERD DEN 27STEN MEI 1815, NO. 25. 's Grav., Algemeene Lands Drukkerij, 1815. Broadside with woodcut coat of arms. c. 39,5 x 32 cm. 175,- e

Regulations for the benefit of the Dutch trade with the West Indies, North and South America and the coast of Guinea. After 1791 the charter of the Dutch West India Company came to an end and the government moved to the Staten-Generaal.

119     WEULE, Karl. Negerleben in Ostafrika. Ergebnisse einer ethnologischen Forschungsreise. 2. Auflage. Lpzg., F.A. Brockhaus, 1909.
Original pictorial cloth. With folding map coloured in outline, 4 coloured plates and 191 photographic illustrations and plates. XII,524 pp. 225,- e

First published in 1908. - Ample description of the little known south part of Tanzania, Makonde Plateau; profusely illustrated.
Kainbacher p.450.

120     WILSON, J.LEIGHTON. Western Africa: its history, condition, and prospects. N.Y., Harper & Brothers, 1856.
Original brown embossed cloth (rebacked with the original spine laid down). With portrait, double-page map and 15 wood-engravings. 527 pp. e 275,-
'The writer has spent between eighteen and twenty years in the country. He has had opportunity to visit every place of importance along the sea-coast, and has made extended excursions in many of the maritime districts. He has studied and reduced to writing two of the leading languages of the country, and has enjoyed, in these ways, more than ordinary advantages for making himself acquainted with the actual condition of the people. He claims for his book the merit of being a faithful and unpretending record of Africain society'(Preface). - Cardinall 636; Hess & Coger 5750.

121     ZABEL, Rudolf. Im muhammedanischen Abendlande. Tagebuch einer Reise durch Marokko. Altenburg S.A., Stephan Geibel, 1905.
Original cloth with map on frontcover, top edge gilt. With 5 maps (3 on 1 folding sheet), and 146 photographic illustrations. XIV,(2),463 pp. 395,- e

First edition. - Dairy made during a trip through Morocco as correspondent of the Leipziger Illustrierte Zeitung, from January 1 till April 3, 1903. The Anhang by Paul Range, indicated on the title-page, was not published. - Except some minor foxing a fine copy. - Very rare.
Kainbacher p.462.