LIVINGSTONE, David (1813-1873). Missionary Travels Researches in South Africa. London: John Murray 1857. 8 o (213 x 138 mm). Colored lithographed folding frontispiece, engraved portrait, 23 wood-engraved or lithographed plates, 2 folding maps. Contemporary red half calf and marbled boards (rebacked, old spine laid down); cloth folding case. Provenance : Mrs Clare. (Inscribed and signed by Livingstone on title and preliminary blank: Mrs Clare with the kindest regards of David Livingstone.). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Livingstone lived many years in South Africa and made three great expeditions, the first described in this book 1853-56, and the others in 1858-64 and 1865-73. "David Livingstone, perhaps the greatest of the African explorers... discovered the Zambesi River at Secheke and followed it northwards, eventually reaching the west coast of Africa at Luanda, Angola, and the east coast at Quelimane, Mozambique. In 1855 he dicovered the great falls of Zambesi and named them the Victoria Falls (see frontispiece)" (PMM). Garrison-Morton 5269; Osler 5077; PMM 341 (this copy exhibited at the original PMM exhibition); Waller 19917; Norman 1377.
LIVINGSTONE, David (1813-1873). Missionary Travels Researches in South Africa. London: John Murray 1857. 8 o (213 x 138 mm). Colored lithographed folding frontispiece, engraved portrait, 23 wood-engraved or lithographed plates, 2 folding maps. Contemporary red half calf and marbled boards (rebacked, old spine laid down); cloth folding case. Provenance : Mrs Clare. (Inscribed and signed by Livingstone on title and preliminary blank: Mrs Clare with the kindest regards of David Livingstone.). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Livingstone lived many years in South Africa and made three great expeditions, the first described in this book 1853-56, and the others in 1858-64 and 1865-73. "David Livingstone, perhaps the greatest of the African explorers... discovered the Zambesi River at Secheke and followed it northwards, eventually reaching the west coast of Africa at Luanda, Angola, and the east coast at Quelimane, Mozambique. In 1855 he dicovered the great falls of Zambesi and named them the Victoria Falls (see frontispiece)" (PMM). Garrison-Morton 5269; Osler 5077; PMM 341 (this copy exhibited at the original PMM exhibition); Waller 19917; Norman 1377.
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