HERBERT, THOMAS

Some Years Travels into Divers Parts of Africa, and Asia the Great. Large folding plate, profusion of maps and illustrations. [6], 118, 137-399, [16] pages. Tall 4to, modern 1/4 crimson calf; a number of leaves expertly remargined, L1 misbound following L2; L3 and L4 similarly misbound; pages 119-136 (on Persepolis) lacking. THE PORTIONS DEALING WITH AFRICA ARE COMPLETE. London: Everingham, 1677 A very early account of travels into Africa, focusing mainly on the areas of Guinea, Angola, the Cape of Good Hope, and Ethiopia. Exceptional for the quality and number of engravings as well as the textual information.