Jackson, James Grey An Account of the Empire of Marocco, and the District of Suse. Compiled from Miscellaneous Observations Made During a Long Reside

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  Arabien - Nordafrika - Marokko Jackson, James Grey An Account of the Empire of Marocco, and the District of Suse. Compiled from Miscellaneous Observations Made During a Long Residence in, and Various Journeys Through, those Countries, to Which is Added an Account of Timpuctoo, the Great Emporium of Central Africa. Mit 11 (2 koloriert, 5 gefalt.) Aquatintatafeln und 2 gefalt. Kupferstichkarten. London, W. Bulmer, 1809. 4° Mod. Lwd. mit schwarzem RSchild. Abbey 296. Gay 1248. Henze II, 696. Graesse III, 441. Vgl. Brunet III, 477 (3. Ausgabe). - Umfangreiche Reisebeschreibung über das Königreich Marokko. Behandelt wird die Geographie, die Flüsse, Klima, Berge, Kultur, Wirtschaft, Zoologie (insbesondere Schlangen), Metallurgie, Mineralogie, Bevölkerung, der Islam und die Sprachen, sowie die Pandemie 1799/1800. "Jackson lebte sechzehn Jahre in verschiedenen Teilen Marokkos, wo er emsig Nachrichten über dieses Land wie auch über das Innere Nord-Afrikas, u. a. über Handel und Handelsstraßen nach Timbuktu und diese Stadt selbst, einzog" (Henze). - Eine Karte mit kleinen Defekten, nur seltener minimal fleckig, bzw. gebräunt. Gutes Exemplar. Arabia - Nortafrica - Morocco With 11 (2 coloured, 5 folded) aquatint plates and 2 folded copper engraved maps. Mod. cloth with black spine labels. - Extensive travel description of the Kingdom of Morocco. Covers geography, rivers, climate, mountains, culture, economy, zoology (especially snakes), metallurgy, mineralogy, population, Islam and languages, as well as the pandemic of 1799/1800. "Jackson lived for sixteen years in various parts of Morocco, where he assiduously gathered news about that country as well as about the interior of North Africa, including trade and trade routes to Timbuktu and that city itself" (Henze). - One map with small defects, only rarely minimally spotted, resp. browned. Good copy. *
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