Leo Africanus. Africae descriptio XI lib[ri] absoluta, 2 volumes in 1, Leiden: Elzevir, 1632, engraved main title-page, volume 2 title-page with woodcut device, marginal repair to C4, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, yapp edges, 24mo (10.9 x 5.4 cm), together with another copy, 2 volumes, engraved bookplates, later ownership inscriptions to title-page versos, c.1800 mottled sheep, wear to volume 1 spine-ends, 24mo (10.5 x 5.3 cm) (Qty: 3) Willems 371. First Elzevir edition of the important travel account by Andalusian Berber scholar Leo Africanus, known in Arabic as al-Hassan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi (c.1494-c.1554).
Leo Africanus. Africae descriptio XI lib[ri] absoluta, 2 volumes in 1, Leiden: Elzevir, 1632, engraved main title-page, volume 2 title-page with woodcut device, marginal repair to C4, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, yapp edges, 24mo (10.9 x 5.4 cm), together with another copy, 2 volumes, engraved bookplates, later ownership inscriptions to title-page versos, c.1800 mottled sheep, wear to volume 1 spine-ends, 24mo (10.5 x 5.3 cm) (Qty: 3) Willems 371. First Elzevir edition of the important travel account by Andalusian Berber scholar Leo Africanus, known in Arabic as al-Hassan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi (c.1494-c.1554).
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