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A narrative of travels in Northern Africa, in the years 1818, 19, and 20 : accompanied by geographical notices of Soudan, and of the course of the Niger : with a chart of the routes, and a variety of coloured plates, illustrative of the costumes of the several natives of northern Africa

Title: A narrative of travels in Northern Africa, in the years 1818, 19, and 20 : accompanied by geographical notices of Soudan, and of the course of the Niger : with a chart of the routes, and a variety of coloured plates, illustrative of the costumes of the several natives of northern Africa / by Captain G.F. Lyon, R.N. companion of the late Mr. Ritchie.
Author: Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795-1832.
Publication: London : John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1821.

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xii, 383, [1] p., [18] leaves plates (1 folded) : 1 col. ill., map; 28 cm.

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Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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"London: Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars."--verso of title page, and colophon, p. [1] at end.
Map engraved under the direction of A. Arrowsmith.
Plates, "Drawn from life by G.F. Lyon", signed: "On stone by D. Dighton", "On stone by G. Harley", "On stone by M. Gauci", and [printed by] "C. Hullmandel's Lithography."
Signatures: [a]⁴ b² B-3C⁴
Includes index.

Indexed In (note)

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

with a bookplate on front pastedown: "Charles Mills." ; With the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 916.12-L (Lyon, G. F. Narrative of travels in Northern Africa)

LCCN

05008287

OCLC

8403659
NYPGR8403659-B

Author

Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795-1832.

Title

A narrative of travels in Northern Africa, in the years 1818, 19, and 20 : accompanied by geographical notices of Soudan, and of the course of the Niger : with a chart of the routes, and a variety of coloured plates, illustrative of the costumes of the several natives of northern Africa / by Captain G.F. Lyon, R.N. companion of the late Mr. Ritchie.

Imprint

London : John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1821.

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 6154

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 916.12-L (accession no. B524179) with a bookplate on front pastedown: "Charles Mills." ; With the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Murray, John, 1778-1843, publisher.

Davison, Thomas, 1765?-1830, printer.

Dighton, Denis, 1792-1827, lithographer.

Harley, George, 1791-1871, lithographer.

Gauci, M., lithographer.

Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, printer of plates.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

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Sc Rare 916.12-L (Lyon, G. F. Narrative of travels in Northern Africa)

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