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[AFRIQUE - GEOFFROY DEVILLENEUVE (René
Africa, or the History, morals, customs and usages of
Africans. Senegal. Paris, Nepveu, Libraire, 1814. 4 volumes large in-16, blond calf, double gilt fillet and fine cold serrated wheel framing the plates, smooth decorated spine, red morocco title pieces, gilt edges, common slipcase (contemporary rel.
& modern slipcase) 46 engraved plates including two maps, four plans and cuts, and 40 in colour, some of them on double page.
Contains a "vocabulary of the Ulofe language" (T.1) and a chapter on the "Slave Trade", with two plans of a slave ship (T. II). First bit of Volume I cracked at the head, the others cracked; slight freckling. Brunet, I, 1226-9; Colas 1219; Gay, 233
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