Watercolour ca. 18 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in.) on beige artist's wove paper with blind stamp "Bristol Paper" in lower right corner. Watercolour with remains of the green paper mounting sheet, but overall in very good condition. Attractive well-executed watercolour with slightly altered African costumed figures taken from two plates (Tuaricks of Ghraat Plate p.113 & Negresses of the Soudan Plate p.182) of Lyon's "A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa, in the years 1818, 19, and 20, accompanied by geographical notices of Soudan, and of the course of the Niger. With a chart of the routes, and a variety of coloured plates, illustrative of the costumes of the several natives of Northern Africa:" London 1821. "Lyon was commissioned to accompany Joseph Ritchie on an expedition to reach the Niger by way of North Africa., [they] were received by the Bashaw of Tripoli, Yusuf Karamanli, who informed them that they would be able to join the caravan of the Bey of Fezzan, Mohammed el Mukni, who was leaving on a slave-trading expedition to the south. Thirty-nine days out of Tripoli the Caravan halted at Murzuk, but within two weeks of their arrival Lyon had gone down with dysentery., and Ritchie was feverish and delirious., [and later died at Murzuk]"(Howgego 1800-1850). Seller Inventory # m65

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Title: Lyon, After, Captain George Francis (1795-...

Publication Date: 1821

Binding: None

Condition: None

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Globus Books is an independent San Francisco-based bookshop and a member of the American Booksellers? Association and the Antiquarian Booksellers? Association of America and has been in business since 1971. It was opened originally by Vladimir Azar as a shop for the Russian emigre public of the Bay Area. A small press operated there in the 1970s under the same name in the same building. Now, 50+ years in business, the shop still occupies the same premises with continued success. Globus Rare Books and Archives is the department within Globus Books that specializes in rare travel and exploration related items from around the world with an emphasis on the Americas, the Pacific and Russian explorers and travellers. Our goal is to seek out and offer rare and unique antiquarian items, including rare books, photographs, photo-albums, watercolors, drawings, manuscripts, archives, maps and prints. Our team has many decades of experience helping to build many institutional and private collections across the USA and the world and we have seen and handled many important antiquarian items and collections. We issue monthly catalogues with the newest acquisitions available for our subscribers. We participate in many US and International antiquarian book fairs. Follow us on social media to receive the latest news and offers. You can browse our collections in person during the shop?s opening hours by appointment : Tuesday to Sunday, 11 to 5.

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