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1890143821890. Large Albumen original Photograph of Sahara desert Palm Trees and old eroded mud walls. The photograph suggest an abandoned oasis in the North African Sahara desert. Printed circa 1890. Sepia toned. 10.5" by 8.25." Mounted on split card. Photograph in very good condition. unknown
18732110502151101125Hakubun-sha 1873. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Hakubun-sha paperback
1890143771890. Vintage photograph of a camel train in the Sahara. Printed circa 1890s. Mounted on a split card. Shows a view of a couple dozen Arab men traveling on camels in the desert. In the foreground a man rides with his small child and several of the camels are heavily loaded with material goods. In very good condition. unknown
18819118Algiers: Adolphe Jourdan Libraire-Editeur 1881. First edition. 22x14cm vi 70 2. Large folding map "Carte du Sahara Central par M. Camille Sabatier" and table of contents at rear. Stitched in gray laid paper wraps. Single pencil annotation on pg. 47 else clean internally and nearly fine. <br /> <br /> Scarce French Algerian text by Camille Sabatier 1851-1919 lawyer and politician who wrote extensively on the geography and politics of the Sahara region. Sabatier was French deputy in Algeria from 1885-1889. He was a member of the geographical societies of Oran and Algiers and prepared the map in this text with the assistance of French cartographer Justin Pouyanne.<br /> <br /> The work focuses on the local tribes of the Sahara region including Hamyan Trafi Laghouati Chambaa Ait-Atta Arib and Doui-Menia their interactions religions etc. The text also details trade routes geography and climate of the region arguing the ignorance of seeing the Sahara as just "a sea of sands" leads to political surprise and disaster. <br /> <br /> OCLC cites 6 holdings 4 of them in France. <br /> <br /> <br /> . Adolphe Jourdan, Libraire-Editeur unknown
180260653London: W. Bulmer & Co. for G. & W. Nicol 1802. First U.K. Edition. First printing. Quarto 27cm. Contemporary sprinkled calf gold roll around outer perimeter of boards board edges tooled in blind titled in gilt on red leather spine label; plain endpapers; ivxxvi1951pp with postscript leaf paginated "188" inserted after p.188; 3 maps 2 folding with routes traced in color compiled by J. Rennell and engraved by J. Walker. Bookplate of John Bacon Lawrey Morritt Rokeby Park. Sound and clean mild rubbing to board edges spine leather dry and cracking internally with a few scatted spots of foxing one folding map with small tear at center fold but otherwise Very Good. Collated and complete. <br /> <br /> First English translation of Hornemann's travels previously published in German Weimar 1801. Hornemann a student at Göttingen was "engaged by the African Association in London with instructions to reach the River Niger by crossing the Sahara from Egypt." When Napoleon's army took Cairo Hornemann managed to gain Napoleon's patronage for his journey. He joined a caravan heading toward Marzuq and visited several oases before turning north to Tripoli. There he "sent despatches back to London" then joined a caravan heading south and disappeared. Later information suggested that he had successfully crossed the Sahara but died of dysentery just north of the Niger. HOWGEGO I H100. W. Bulmer & Co. for G. & W. Nicol unknown
