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1860 The Great Sahara: Wanderings South of the Atlas Mountains
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
First edition.
In the original cloth binding.
Beautifully illustrated throughout, including a frontispiece, title page vignette, two folding maps, eleven plates and numerous vignettes. Collated, complete.
A fascinating travel work detailing the author's explorations of Algeria and the Sahara Desert, including visits to Laghouat, Berryan, Mellika, Ghardaia and Tuggurt, and commentaries on Roman ruins, camels, geology, political systems, dress and more.
Written by Henry Baker Tristram, an English clergyman, Bible scholar, traveller and ornithologist.
Condition
In the original cloth binding. Externally, excellent, with only minor bumping to the extremities and a few faint dark spots to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with occasional scattered spots, concentrated most to the first and last few leaves.
Near Fine
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