[Africa] 4 titles: (1) Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries

within the pyramids, temples, tombs and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia; and of a journey to the coast of the Red Sea, in search of ancient Berenice; and another to the oasis of Jupiter Ammon. By G. Belzoni. Brussels, H. Remy, 1835, (2),XXI,(1),455 p., contemporary halfleather with gilt, ribbed back.

With "preface to the second edition". The Italian Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823) is one of the most important figures regarding the discovery of temples and graves in Ancient Egypt. He is considered the general predecessor to Egyptology and ensured the enormous popularity of Ancient Egypt in the West (Wikipedia); (2) A travers le Zanguebar. Voyage dans l'Oudoé, l'Ouzigoua, l'Oukwèré, l'Oukami et l'Ousagar par les pp. Baur et L Roy. Tours, A. Mame et Fils, 1886, 358 p., with map and 45 wood-engraved illustrations (nearly all full-page), original gilt and decorated cloth, all edges gilt, 4to. Traces of removed bookplate to inside front board; part of foot of backstrip tender. And with 2 more. (total 4)