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LEO (John, Africanus): A GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORIE OF AFRICA, written in Arabicke and Italian... Tranlated and collected by John Pory, London, George Bishop, 1600.
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, small folio (248 x 172mm.), one folding engraved map of Africa (title and first few leaves a little creased, some slight soiling or dampstaining, paperfault in 2F<->6 with resultant loss of a few characters), contemporary limp vellum, 18th-century armorial bookplate of Sir James Colquhuon of Luss (ties defective, rear inner hinge split).
Mendelssohn p.884; STC 15481.
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, small folio (248 x 172mm.), one folding engraved map of Africa (title and first few leaves a little creased, some slight soiling or dampstaining, paperfault in 2F<->6 with resultant loss of a few characters), contemporary limp vellum, 18th-century armorial bookplate of Sir James Colquhuon of Luss (ties defective, rear inner hinge split).
Mendelssohn p.884; STC 15481.