BRUCE, James (1730-94). Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, 1790. 5 volumes, 4° (297 x 232mm). 57 engraved plates and plans (?only, of 58), 3 folding engraved maps at the end of vol. V (occasional spotting and staining, a few small holes in the text). Contemporary diced calf (rebacked preserving substantial fragments of old spines). Provenance : Bishop of Columbia (armorial bookplate); E. R. Thorold, Johannesburg (bookseller's blindstamp to front blanks); Captain George Hill, 1811 (signature on title of vol. II). FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 221: "... this important work"; Brunet I, 1283; Hilmy I, 91; Lowndes I, 293; Nissen ZBI 617 (calling for 57 plates). "[Bruce] will always remain the poet, and his work the epic, of African travel" (DNB).
BRUCE, James (1730-94). Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, 1790. 5 volumes, 4° (297 x 232mm). 57 engraved plates and plans (?only, of 58), 3 folding engraved maps at the end of vol. V (occasional spotting and staining, a few small holes in the text). Contemporary diced calf (rebacked preserving substantial fragments of old spines). Provenance : Bishop of Columbia (armorial bookplate); E. R. Thorold, Johannesburg (bookseller's blindstamp to front blanks); Captain George Hill, 1811 (signature on title of vol. II). FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 221: "... this important work"; Brunet I, 1283; Hilmy I, 91; Lowndes I, 293; Nissen ZBI 617 (calling for 57 plates). "[Bruce] will always remain the poet, and his work the epic, of African travel" (DNB). With Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile ... The Second Edition ... Vol. VIII. Containing the Plates and Maps (Edinburgh, 1805, 79 plates and tables and 3 folding maps, contemporary half calf). (6)
BRUCE, James (1730-94). Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, 1790. 5 volumes, 4° (297 x 232mm). 57 engraved plates and plans (?only, of 58), 3 folding engraved maps at the end of vol. V (occasional spotting and staining, a few small holes in the text). Contemporary diced calf (rebacked preserving substantial fragments of old spines). Provenance : Bishop of Columbia (armorial bookplate); E. R. Thorold, Johannesburg (bookseller's blindstamp to front blanks); Captain George Hill, 1811 (signature on title of vol. II). FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 221: "... this important work"; Brunet I, 1283; Hilmy I, 91; Lowndes I, 293; Nissen ZBI 617 (calling for 57 plates). "[Bruce] will always remain the poet, and his work the epic, of African travel" (DNB).
BRUCE, James (1730-94). Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, 1790. 5 volumes, 4° (297 x 232mm). 57 engraved plates and plans (?only, of 58), 3 folding engraved maps at the end of vol. V (occasional spotting and staining, a few small holes in the text). Contemporary diced calf (rebacked preserving substantial fragments of old spines). Provenance : Bishop of Columbia (armorial bookplate); E. R. Thorold, Johannesburg (bookseller's blindstamp to front blanks); Captain George Hill, 1811 (signature on title of vol. II). FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 221: "... this important work"; Brunet I, 1283; Hilmy I, 91; Lowndes I, 293; Nissen ZBI 617 (calling for 57 plates). "[Bruce] will always remain the poet, and his work the epic, of African travel" (DNB). With Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile ... The Second Edition ... Vol. VIII. Containing the Plates and Maps (Edinburgh, 1805, 79 plates and tables and 3 folding maps, contemporary half calf). (6)
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