Historiale description de l'Afrique ... contenant ses royaumes, regions, viles [sic], citez ... iles, fleuves, animaus ... coutumes, loix, religion et façon de faire des habitans, avec pourtraits de leurs habis ... escrite de nôtre temps ... / premierement en langue arabesque, puis en toscane, et à present mise en françois.
- Leo, Africanus, approximately 1492-approximately 1550
- Date:
- 1556
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Antwerp : C. Plantin, 1556.
Physical description
16 unnumbered pages, 412 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves : woodcuts ; (8vo)
Notes
This is a translation by Jean Temporal of the Italian version of Leo which first appeared in Ramusio's 'Viaggi'.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/A/3728