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Zustand: New. Leo Africanus was Born al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan in Granada and raised in Fez. Johannes Leo Africanus was a sixteenth-century diplomat and scholar who, in the court of Pope Leo X, produced the first guide to the geography and culture of North A.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.

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Folio (305 x 200 mm). Vol. 1 (of 2) only. (40), 495, (23) pp. Wood-engraved title border, double-page woodcut map of Africa, including Arabia, and 26 illustrations, all but one coloured by a contemporary hand. 18th c. mottled calf with giltstamped red label to fully gilt spine. Marbled endpapers. Scarce first French edition of the famous description of Islamic Africa and Arabia, with the illustrations coloured by a contemporary hand; the first collection of voyages printed in France. The book was originally written in Arabic around 1526 by the Berber Andalusi geographer and traveller al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi (ca. 1494-ca. 1554), known in the West as Johannes Leo Africanus, translated into Italian by the author and first published in Venice in 1550. The Arabian Peninsula is depicted nearly complete on the double-page woodcut map and is treated extensively in the first chapter, which contains information on its people, cities, geography, religion, customs, costumes, etc. Illustrations include Arabian camels and veiled women. - Johannes Leo took his Christian name from his sponsor Pope Leo X when he converted to Christianity after his capture in 1520. While still very young he began to travel widely in the Barbary States; in 1513 he appears to have started on his famous Sudan and Sahara journeys (1513-15). In 1516-17 he travelled to Constantinople, probably visiting Egypt on the way; it is more uncertain when he visited Arabias, Armenia and Tartary. His three Egyptian journeys, immediately after the Turkish conquest, all probably fell between 1517 and 1520; on one of these he ascended the Nile from Cairo to Aswan. - Binding somewhat rubbed; spine head and hinges professionally repaired. Repairs to lower margin of first two leaves (very slight loss of title border), some toning and soiling, water- and inkstains. Very occasional marginal tears or worming. Early marginalia and ink ownerships on title page ("Pacauld" and "Ex Bibliotheca Joh. Huyseri", i. e. Johann Huyser). No other auction record of a coloured copy in RBH or ABPC. - Adams L 482. Howgego A17. Gay 258. USTC 1136. Sabin 40044.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 3rd Edition. LEO AFRICANUS, Johannes (Al-Hassan ben Mohammed Alvazas Alfasi) Africae descriptio IX lib absoluta. Leiden, Elzevier, 1632. 2 parts in 1 volume. 24mo. 800 + [16]p. with engraved title page included in pagination. Contemporary vellum. Finely printed Elzevier pocket edition of this influential work on the history, geography, language, customs and natural history of Africa by the Arab geographer Al-Hassan (1483-1552). Born in Seville, the author spent his early years travelling throughout North Africa and the Near East. In 1517 he was caught by Christian pirates and taken to Rome, where, under the protection of Pope Leo X, he converted to Christianity and assumed the names of his benefactor. At the request of the Pope, he translated the present work into Italian from the Arabic manuscript which he had been carrying with him at the time of his capture. The present work had a considerable impact on all later writers on Africa. A fine copy. Pieters 1632.8; Willems 371; Rahir 355; see also Palau 135532.

(Teil 2 von 2). 11,5x6,5 cm. Titelbl., S. 387-800, 16 Pergamentband der Zeit mit rotem Rückenschild. Einband an den Kanten berieben. Willems 371. - 3. Ausgabe, einzige bei Elzevier. - Innen praktisch fleckenlos. Sprache: lateinisch.

Volume: 2 10.5x5.6 cm., 384 ; [2], 387-800, [16] pp., frontespizio inciso in rame nel primo volume, legatura coeva in pergamena, titolo manoscritto al dorso, lievi bruniture, esemplare ben conservato Deliziosa edizione elzeviriana di questa importante descrizione della geografia, dei popoli, costumi e religioni dell'Africa Settentrionale e Subsahariana. L'opera costituì per molti secoli il riferimento principale su cui si basarono i geografi e gli esploratori europei interessati all'Africa.

Second edition in French, 8vo, *, **8, A-Zz8, a-e8, f4, g-i8,[xxxii], 413, [xlviii] pp., woodcut printer's device on title and verso of final leaf, woodcut head-pieces, initials and 20 woodcut illustrations, contemporary ink inscription to foot of title, light water-stain mostly at beginning and end, paper flaw hole to L2 with loss of catchword, short tear to lower margin of Tt2, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, a very good example. Scarce early account of North Africa. The first book on Africa written by an African. The woodcut illustrations include personifications of Africa, Arabia, Egypt, Alexandria and the Nile and depictions of camels, veiled women, date palms and crocodiles.Beautifully printed at the Plantin Press. The author, a well-educated Arabian geographer, was born Al Hassan Ibn Mahommed Al Wezaz Al Fasi, probably in Granada in about 1494. Receiving his education at Fez, he travelled through most of northern Africa between 1507 and 1520. In 1520 he also journeyed to Constantinople and Egypt, only to be captured by pirates and presented to Pope Leo X in Rome, where he converted to Christianity. This work was originally published as part of Ramusio's Delle navigatione et viaggi. It was translated into French by Jean Temporal and published by the translator in Lyon in the same year as this Antwerp edition. Playfair (Tripoli), 27.

Zustand: Very Good. 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. Hardcover / Hardback.