Ioannis Leonis Africani Africae descriptio IX. lib. absoluta

Collection Data

Names
Leo, Africanus, approximately 1492-approximately 1550 (Author)
Officina Elzeviriana (Publisher)
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938 (Former owner)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: ao. 1632
Place: Lugd. Batav.
Publisher: Apud Elzevir
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 916-L (Leo Africanus. Africae)
Topics
Africa -- Description and travel
Early works to 1800
Genres
Books
Notes
Citation/reference: Willems, A. Elzevier, 371
Citation/reference: Rahir, Edouard. Catalogue d'une collection unique de volumes imprimés par les Elsevier et divers typographes Hollandais du XVIIe siècle, 355
Content: Paged continuously, including separate title pages for each part: 800, [16] p.
Content: Part 1 has engraved title page.
Content: Part 2 has title: Iohannis Leonis Africani De Africae descriptione, pars altera. Lvgdvni Batavorvm, ex officinâ Elzeviriana, MDCXXXII.
Content: With head- and tailpieces; initials; and printer's mark on title page of part 2.
Content: Includes index.
Content: Signatures: A-3E⁸.
Ownership: Copy in Sc Rare 916-L (accession no. B594200) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Publications: For discussion of this Latin translation by Joannes Florianus, cf. Leo Africanus. The history and description of Africa ... London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1896.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 parts in 1 volume ;12 cm.
Type of Resource
Text
Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 02011986
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR23644509-B
RLIN/OCLC: 23644509B
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11702607
Photo Order: 64369
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8bd5c440-d605-013a-8555-0242ac110003
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