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‎Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Accross the Continent, Down the River Zambesi To the Eastern Ocean.‎

‎ 1857 London Murray, John. 1857,(X) -687 p.. Édition originale (second tirage ?), de ce qui est probablement le plus célèbre de tous les livres d'exploration de l'Afrique.Relation de la première grande expédition (1853-56), durant laquelle il explora le Zambèze et les chutes Victoria. L'un des plus importants livres d'exploration de l'Afrique de tout le XIXe s., par l'un des plus grands explorateurs de tous les temps.- Folding print of the Victoria Falls ( portrait, and a further 45 plates and maps (J.Arrowsmith) All plates present as called for. original (Brown) blindstamped cloth, spine with gilt lettering, Title very.used,very acceptable. See: Abbey Travel: 347. Gay: 3034 First Edition Cloth Large 8Vo Good,Photo et description sur demande.Picture and description upon request. reliure plein chagrin tabac tres frottée,dos usé,fente charniere,texte frais correct, ‎

‎First edition. 8vo., ix, 687pp., folding frontispiece, engraved portrait, 2 folding maps by Arrowsmith. 22 full-page wood-engraved plates, folding plan, illustrations in the text, original brown embossed cloth gilt, armorial bookplate to front paste down,Perhaps the most famous of all African exploration books, this recounts Dr. Livingstone's travels through South Africa, with the discovery of Lake Ngami, while accompanied by his wife and William Cotton Oswell. Oswell and the author continued their journey, discovering the Zambesi River, and, eventually, the Victoria Falls. -First Edition, Second Issue with uncoloured folding frontispiece.Mendelssohn, pp. 909-11; Printing and the Mind of Man 341.A good copy indeed, in the original chocolate brown embossed ribbed cloth, the original endpapers. the map in the back pocket is unusually fine and clean. Overall an attractive copy of this major 19th century exploration classic, which has become increasingly scarce in collectable condition., Remise de 20% pour toutes commandes supérieures à 200 €‎