HORNEMANN Fréderic-Conrad. Travels in the interior of Africa (...) during the years 1797, 1798. Translated from the English. Paris, chez André, an XI, 1802. In 8 full contemporary basane, smooth spine decorated. Roulette on the boards. 2 folding maps. First French translation, made directly from the English, and preceding by one year the version given by Louis-Mathieu Langlès partly from the original German. Friedrich Konrad Hornemann (1772-1801) had been living in Egypt since February 1797. On 5 September 1798, he joined a caravan returning from the Hajj to North Africa, posing as a young Muslim, which enabled him to reach the oases of Siwa, Aujilla and Mourzouq. He lived there until June 1799, when he reached Tripoli, from where he sent an account of his adventures to London.