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 · 1805 French

Extracted from: France. Commission des sciences et arts d'Égypte. Description de l'Égypte. Histoire naturelle. Atlas. Title written in pencil on front free endpaper. DSI Each plate is printed on double …





SIL: Smithsonian Libraries · 1804 French

"Rarum idque pulcherrimum opus prodiit 20 fasciculis usque ad annum 1818 vel 1821." Pritzel 6896. Also available online. Provenance: Massachusetts Historical Society (bookplate and ink-stamp on plates); John Wingfield Larking …





SIL: Smithsonian Libraries · 1802 French

Plates are numbered V, XI, XXVI. Plate XXVI is signed: Cel. Gme. Sauvages del.; Miger sc. Also available online. SCNHRB copy (39088013476924) blind-embossed on 3rd leaf: Smithsonian Institution National Museum. …