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Africa.- Bruce (James) Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, 5 vol., first edition, 55 engraved plates, 3 engraved battle plans with accompanying text, 4 leaves of Ethiopian dialects, 3 folding maps, illustrations, occasional marginal tears (most neatly repaired), occasional ink markings, ex-Irish institutional library with ink-stamps throughout, mainly marginal, 1 to plate, modern half calf, [Hosken p.29], 4to, Edinburgh, J. Ruthven, 1790. ⁂ A description of Bruce's search for the source of the Nile. Much of the work concerns Egypt and Abyssinia, the latter being where he found the source of the Blue Nile although this was disputed on his return to Britain.