Selected African Holdings

Selected African Holdings

Smithsonian Libraries

Items selected from the online resources at Smithsonian Libraries with African origination.


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SIL: Smithsonian Libraries · 1818 English

Some of the plates are aquatints, signed "Drawn by R. Cocking, from the original sketches of C. Latrobe" and engraved by J. Bluck, J.C. Stadler and D. Havell. "List of …



SIL: Smithsonian Libraries · 1816 English

Translation of "Voyage to Abyssinia". "De l'imprimerie de Demonville"--Verso of t.p. Errata on last leaf of t. 1 & 2. Also available online. SCNHRB copy (t.1: 39088012038220; t.2: 39088012038196; atlas: …



SIL: Smithsonian Libraries · 1815 English

First leaf blank. Plate signed: Drawn by the Revd. W.T. Strutt; engraved by H. Meyer. Errata slip tipped-in. Mendelssohn, S. South African bib., v. 1, p. 374 Also available online. …