Africae descriptio IX lib. absoluta. (1)-2.

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Leyden, Elzevir, 1632. 24mo. Engr. title,+ 384; 385-800,+ (16) pp. Contemporary vellum, spine with handwritten title. Bookplate. Willems 371. Gay 258. Rahir 355. First and only Elzevier edition of this important work on Africa. The text was first printed in 1550. Born in Seville the Arab traveller and geographer Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi (c.1494-1554) spent his early years travelling extensivly through Africa and the Near East. He visited Fez, Morocco, Tunis, went across the Sahara Desert to Timbuktu, and he visited the native states on the Upper Niger to Cairo, Houssa, Bornou and Lake Chad. In 1517 however he was caught by Christian pirates and taken to Rome. He was there presented to Pope Leo X whose name "Leo" he adopted as his surname. The Pope persuaded him to translate his Arabic manuscript account of his travels into Italian, which was published in 1550.

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Africae descriptio IX lib. absoluta. (1)-2.

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