Expedition to Discover the Sources of the White Nile, in the Years 1840, 1841
London: Richard Bentley, 1849. Hardcover. 2 vols. in 1. folding plate as frontis, folding map, vi, 346, [iii]- ix, [1], 354p. Original blindstamped green cloth. 20cm. Modest wear and some splitting at head of joints and along cover edges. Bookplate, prize label and former owner's name all present on front pastedown. Text leaves age-toned'Diamond-shaped binder's ticket (Bound by Burn 37 & 38 Kirby St.) in lower corner of rear pastedown. This English edition was also published as two separate volumes. Translated by Charles William O'Reilly from the German edition published in 1848 and titled "Expedition zur Entdeckung der Quellen des Weissen Nil (1840-1841)." Very Good. Item #87564
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