JACKSON, James Grey.
Account of the Empire of Marocco,
Account of the Empire of Marocco,
and the districts of Suse and Tafilelt; compiled from miscellaneous observations made during a long residence in, and various journies through, these countries. To which is added an account of shipwrecks on the western coast of Africa, and an interesting account of Timbuctoo, the great emporium of Central Africa.
Stock Code 121055
London William Bulmer, 1809.
First edition; 4to (27 x 22 cm); 2 engraved folding maps including frontispiece, 11 aquatint plates, of which 2 hand-coloured, several folding, glossary at end, touch of offsetting from plates; contemporary full polished calf, gilt and blind framed boards, spine lettered in gilt in six gilt compartments, all edges and endpapers marbled, a little rubbing, a very good copy; xvi, 287, [i] pp.
Abbey (Travel), 296; Gay 1248; Playfair (Morocco), 501.
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