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Original binding, paperboard cover covered with grey paste paper, printed on handmade paper. Published by Christian Gottlob Proft (1736-1793). One of the first descriptions of northern Africa, originally published in Danish in 1779 and soon translated into German and published with the same inserts in 1781. Frontispiece is a copper engraving with the author's portrait; contains 34 folded copper engraving inserts. Complete, well-preserved, very good condition.