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Lot 283
Sale 6285 - Books and Manuscripts
Mar 27, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$500 -
800
Price Realized
$448
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Lot Description
[Travel & Exploration] Villeneuve, Rene Claude Geoffroy de. L'Afrique, ou Histoire, Moeurs, Usages et Coutumes des Africains...
Paris: Nepveu, 1814. In four volumes. First edition. 12mo. Illustrated with numerous hand-colored plates, as well as maps. Original stiff pictorial tan wrappers, numbered in contemporary manuscript on spines, light wear; text partially unopened; light spotting to text.
A fine and unsophisticated set, rare in original wrappers, and featuring numerous engraved plates with hand-coloring.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.