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THE LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE CAREFULLY COMPILED FROM RELIABLE SOURCES
LONDON ADAM & C.
Reference : 18065
Bella edizione londinese del 1875 circa della vita dell'esploratore e medico inglese David Livingstone (1813 - 1873). Medico missionario, è considerato come uno dei più grandi esploratori del continente africano. Il testo è impreziosito da 19 tavole litografiche in bianco e nero, antiporta colorata a mano e frontespizio figurato. Le vedute rappresentano il dottore e le sue esplorazioni, nativi indigeni, e animali africani, scene storiche: Stanley incotnra Livingstone, Table Mountain del Capo di Buona Speranza, Kwirara, Lago Ngami, Cascate Victoria nello Zambesi, Lago Victoria Nyanza, Zanzibar dal mare, St Paul de Loanda, Cascate Murchinson. In ottime condizioni. Copertina in mezza pelle con titolo in oro e data 1872 al dorso in ottime condizioni con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. Pagine in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture. In 4. cm. 30,5x24,5. Pp. VIII+632.Contents: [VIII+632]. In 4 (12 x 9.65 in; 305 x 245 mm) Weight Kg. 2,720. 19 sepia lithographic plates. Lithographic frontispiece coloured by hand and decorated title page. Not dated but 1875 circa Condition of contents: Very good conditions. Occasional foxing. Condition of binding: Half leather cover with golden title and date 1872. Superbly illustrated biography of David Livingstone with 21 lithographic views of the doctor on his explorations, the native people and animals of Africa, Stanley meeting Livingstone, Table Mountain Cape of Good Hope, Kwirara, Lake Ngami, Victoria Falls of the Zambesi, Lake Victoria Nyanza, Zanzibar from the Sea, St Paul de Loanda, Murchinson Falls. David Livingstone (1813 - 1873) was a British physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era. He had a mythical status that operated on a number of interconnected levels: Protestant missionary martyr, working-class "rags-to-riches" inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader, and advocate of commercial and colonial expansion.
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