The Lake Regions of Central Africa. A Picture of Exploration, 1st edition, 2 volumes, 1860, 12 chromoxylograph plates, folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, bound without half titles and advertisement leaf, occasional light offsetting and spotting, contemporary green half calf by webb, Hunt & Ridings, Liverpool, rebacked with original spines relaid, labels renewed, a little rubbed, 8vo Penzer PP. 65-66. John Hanning Speke accompanied Burton on the expedition, and due to their mutual animosity is described by Burton in the Preface as "unfit for any other but a subordinate capacity." (2)
The Lake Regions of Central Africa. A Picture of Exploration, 1st edition, 2 volumes, 1860, 12 chromoxylograph plates, folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, bound without half titles and advertisement leaf, occasional light offsetting and spotting, contemporary green half calf by webb, Hunt & Ridings, Liverpool, rebacked with original spines relaid, labels renewed, a little rubbed, 8vo Penzer PP. 65-66. John Hanning Speke accompanied Burton on the expedition, and due to their mutual animosity is described by Burton in the Preface as "unfit for any other but a subordinate capacity." (2)
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