Bibliothéque Nationale Département des Imprimès Catalogue de L'Histoire de L' Afrique Published by Burt Franklin, New York, 1971. First Edition Thus, (Burt Franklin Bibliography & Reference Series 412, Sources of Negro History and Culture 5)
Facsimile reprint of the 1895 original, published in Paris. Part of the Burt Franklin Bibliography & Reference Series 412, Sources of Negro History and Culture 5. Hard cover, 4to in brown cloth with gold title printed to spine. 308, (4)pp. Text in 2 column format, in calligraphic French script. CONDITION: Very Good. Some sunning and light marks to boards and with two very small stains to fore edge text block. Ghost of label removal to endpaper (quarter sized). Inside is clean, bright and fresh. Catalogues important works dating from the 15th through late 19th centuries on African history, travel, and exploration, the history of the African slave trade, abolition and emancipation, citing French, German authors, as well as published works from Amsterdam, Edinburgh and London. Text in French. Sections on modern and ancient Egypt, religious history, Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, the Sahara, Sudan, Congo, the Comoros and Zanzibar. Also includes an index of African biographies.

Ref: BIBL 9610

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