1799 1ed Travels in AFRICA Egypt Syria HUGE MAPS Voyages SUDAN African Slavery

1799 1^ed Travels in AFRICA Egypt Syria HUGE MAPS Voyages SUDAN African Slavery

William George Browne was an 18^th-century traveler who is best-known for his voyage through Egypt and Syria. Browne had interest in Ancient Egypt and ancient customs and architecture focusing on the ruins of ancient peoples. His discoveries were written about extensively in his book ‘Travels in Africa’ – a travelogue which contains descriptions of mosques, the Nile River, government and politics, topography and geography in Abyssinia, and much more – even a curious section describing the physical “characteristics of the negroes”. (p.342 for pic)

Note the impressive, folding and full-page engravings including highly coveted maps! Also, according to Blackmer,

“This important work contains the earliest information in English about Darfur (Sudan). Browne, inspired by Bruce’s travels, went to Egypt in 1792 hoping to explore the oases in the eastern Sahara and to journey to the source of the White Nile”.

Howgego says this work is

“one of the best of the period!”

Item number: #21108

Price: $950

BROWNE, William G.

Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria : from the year 1792 to 1798

London: Printed for T. Cadell junior and W. Davies, 1799. 1^st edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • xxxviii, 496
  • 4 engravings (includes 2 folding maps)
• References: Blackmer 219; Howgego I B170
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Rev^d. John Lamb
  • John Lamb, (1789–1850) was an academic and Anglican priest in the first half of the nineteenth century. A mathematician, he was Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from 1822-1837; and Dean of Bristol from 1837 until his death.
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~11.25in X 8.75in (29cm x 22cm)
• Very rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons as high as $2,300

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