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The History of Dahomy, an Inland Kingdom of Africa; Compiled from Authentic Memoirs

Dalzel, Archibald

  • Publisher: For the Author, T. Spilsbury and Son
  • Published: 1793 , London
London: For the Author, T. Spilsbury and Son, 1793. First edition. With engraved folding map and 6 copper-engraved plates. xxvi, [4], xxxii, 230 pp. 4to. Contemporary half speckled calf and marbled boards, expertly restored, speckled edges. Laid into a green cloth dropbox. Neatly repaired tear at lower plate mark of folding map, minor foxing to plates and scattered through text, a handsome copy. Housed in clamshell case. First edition. With engraved folding map and 6 copper-engraved plates. xxvi, [4], xxxii, 230 pp. 4to. Dalzel was Governor at Cape Coast Castle, the notorious slave trading hub on the coast of present day Ghana.

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