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BOOKS, Africana, 1873, Winwood Reade: The African sketch-book. With maps and illustrations. 1-2.

BOOKS, Africana, 1873, Winwood Reade: The African sketch-book. With maps and illustrations. 1-2.

London, 1873. 8vo. XII, 484; VIII, 530 pp. + 12 maps (3 folding) + 10 woodcut plates. Woodcuts in the text.

Samtida halvfranska band, övre guldsnitt. Kartan ”African Literature” med revor längs vikningen. / Half calf, top edges gilt. The map of “African Literaure” torn along folds.

Första upplagan. / First edition.

Gay 2820 bis.

Wear.

Provenance

Karl Becht was a teacher at the Lundsberg School in Värmland, with geography as his main subject. He started collecting books in the early 1930s and specialised in illustrated books of voyages and travel, exploration and discoverey. ”The Karl Bech collection” was given a separate catalogue for its sale at Bukowskis in 1991.

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