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* SHABEENY, Abd Salam and James Grey JACKSON An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa, Territories in the Interior of Africa, by El Haje Abd Salam Shabeeny ... to which is Added Letters Descriptive of Travels through West and South Barbary, and Across the Mountains of Atlas. London: Longman, Hurts, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820. 8vo (220 x 138 mm). 2 engraved maps. (Old tape repairs, spotting throughout.) Contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards and edges, spine gilt-lettered (light wear, joints split, old tape repairs). FIRST EDITION. A key source for the period since, at the time, Timbuctoo was still unvisited by Europeans. Jackson and Shabeeny were the first to describe the region in detail. Estimate $ 600-800 Property from the Collection of the Valley of Milwaukee, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Milwaukee, Wisconsin