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Alexander, William, 1767-1816
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Prisse d'Avennes, 1807-1879
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Dadley, J
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Mason, George Henry
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Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the English: Illustrated in fifty coloured engravings, with descriptions
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Oriental album. Characters, costumes, and modes of life, in the valley of the Nile
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The Sudan : a short compendium of facts and figures about the land of darkness
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The punishments of China: illustrated by twenty-two engravings : with explanations in English and French
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A narrative of travels in Northern Africa, in the years 1818, 19, and 20 : accompanied by geographical notices of the course of the Niger
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Printed for John Murray by W. Bulmer and Co
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James Madden
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Marshall brothers
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Printed for William Miller by William Bulmer and Co
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Wallach Division: Art & Architecture Collection
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Schomburg Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
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The African society and Miss …
The Reception Room
Settlement of Nashoba
Our ball
The Sudan: a short compendium…
A Pagan King in the Bautchi c…
Map of the Sudan.
A Sudanese.
Young manhood.
State barge of the king of ca…
All non-Christian to this hou…
View of Kano from D'allah Hil…
The Niger Delta; Forest scene…
Among the palms at Ibi; Waiti…
A mid-day halt on the march; …
King of the Burmawa calling o…
A messenger from Fadl-Allah.
Soldiers at Bautchi.
A rock station.
A slave gang
The Arab attack
Down came the brutal lash
Ex-King of Kano.
A slave in the field.
A method of carrying a child.
Women pounding corn.
Bautchi woman and child.