75/ 936 [Africa]. Browne, W.G. Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the Year 1792 to 1798. London, T. Cadell Junior and W. Davies, 1799, XXXVIII,496p., frontisp. by J. NEAGLE after L. MAYER, 2 fold. maps (1x w. itinerary indicated w. green) and 1 plan, contemp. simple gilt calf w. red mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Title-p. yellowed/ browned; maps w. offsetting on both adjacent pages and onto the opposite side of the map itself; new endpapers. Binding worn along extremities and covers sl. chafed; rebacked w. modern calf.

= Rare. Henze I, p.349; Cox I, p.394; Gay 43; Howgego I, B170; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p. 91. "(...) Having successfully crossed the desert to Darfur, he was detained by the local sultan for three years until 1796 before being allowed to return north. His account of the region was to be the first by a European explorer. (...) His description of Egypt is considered one of the best of the period, despite its dry, affected style." (Howgego). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVII.