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Lot 226

A New Voyage to Guinea: Describing the Customs, Manners, Soil, Climate, Habits, Buildings, Education, Manual Arts, Agriculture, Trade, Employments, La

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Smith, William. A New Voyage to Guinea: Describing the Customs, Manners, Soil, Climate, Habits, Buildings, Education, Manual Arts, Agriculture, Trade, Employments, Languages, Ranks of Distinction, Habitations, Diversions, Marriages and Whatever Else is Memorable Among the Inhabitants. London: John Nourse, 1744 [incorrectly dated MDDCXLIV]. Early calf, front board detached, lacks half-title and ffep. 8vo. iv, 276pp, [8] index. Frontispiece, four handsome engraved plates. Clean, square text, some pencil marginalia, worthy of re-binding. With: A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea, Divided into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory Coasts (J. Knapton, 1721; second ed.), Bosman, poor condition, disbound, 4 of 7 plates, folding map [heavily stained from tape repairs], as is.