Lot 127
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OGILBY, JOHN. Africa: being an accurate description of the regions of Egypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid... London: Thomas Johnson for the Author, 1670. Folio, 411 x 262 mm. (16 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.), modern calf antique, lacking half-title, soiling to frontispiece and title and last 3 leaves, some spotting and browning throughout, about 5 plates or maps severely browned, 6-inch repaired tear to Salvador plate, 12 plates with short marginal tears or repairs, fold breaks along centerfolds of 7 plates, edges of Loanda plate cropped, creasing to 3 or 4 plates, a few marginal repaired wormholes, ink stain on p. 614 obscuring 5 letters. FIRST EDITION, engraved additional title, letterpress title in red and black, 39 engraved plates, views and plans (9 half-sheet, 29 full-sheet, 1 folding), 14 engraved maps (13 full-sheet, 1 folding), 8 (of 9?) inserted letterpress diagrams, 46 engraved illustrations in the text, 3 engraved initials and 3 engraved headpieces, woodcut initials and headpieces. Wing O-163. Essentially a translation, with additions, of the Dutch geographer Olfert Dapper's work.

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OGILBY, JOHN. Africa: being an accurate description of the regions of Egypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid... London: Thomas Johnson for the Author, 1670. Folio, 411 x 262 mm. (16 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.), modern calf antique, lacking half-title, soiling to frontispiece and title and last 3 leaves, some spotting and browning throughout, about 5 plates or maps severely browned, 6-inch repaired tear to Salvador plate, 12 plates with short marginal tears or repairs, fold breaks along centerfolds of 7 plates, edges of Loanda plate cropped, creasing to 3 or 4 plates, a few marginal repaired wormholes, ink stain on p. 614 obscuring 5 letters. FIRST EDITION, engraved additional title, letterpress title in red and black, 39 engraved plates, views and plans (9 half-sheet, 29 full-sheet, 1 folding), 14 engraved maps (13 full-sheet, 1 folding), 8 (of 9?) inserted letterpress diagrams, 46 engraved illustrations in the text, 3 engraved initials and 3 engraved headpieces, woodcut initials and headpieces. Wing O-163. Essentially a translation, with additions, of the Dutch geographer Olfert Dapper's work.