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De Africae. Descriptione. [volume 2 only]
Edité par Lugdvni Batavorvm. Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1632
Vendeur : Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Hardcover. Front cover and free endpaper detached but present. Bound in full leather. Spine divided into 5 panels, with raised cords and gold decorations. Africa stamped in gold on the spine. Pages numbered 387-800, with a 16 page index. This is volume 2 only of the 2 volume set. The words pars altera on the title page are blacked out. Text in Latin. Book measures 4.25 x 2.25 . Binding is tight and the text is clean, without foxing or stains. The book was written by Johannis Leo Africanus, who was born al-Hasan ibn Muhammed Al-Wazzan al-Fasi. He was born at the end of the 15th century in Granada. He studied and traveled throughout the Mediterranean as well as deep into Africa. He was captured by Spanish Corsairs in 1518 near Crete and was taken to Rome and imprisoned. He was presented to the Pope Leo X and for one reason or another was freed and Baptized, given the semi-christian name Leo of Africa or Leo Africanus. This work on Africa was originally published in Italian in 1550. It was reprinted several times and in several languages. This small edition was published in Leyden (Holland) in 1632. Africanus book is considered the first book written by aa person of African descent. It is famously praised by Charles Blockson, for whom the African-American Collection at Tempe University is named, as being the cornerstone of any collection of African history. In this case, it is half of a cornerstone.
