[iii]-xvi, [5], 22-572 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings, including frontispiece and plates included in the pagination; folding map. 9¼x5¾", in quarter morocco over pebbled boards, spine tooled and lettered in git, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. First American Edition. Burton's account of his penetration into the interior of Africa, with John Hanning Speke as his second in command, in search of the source of the Nile River. The journey was to become as famous for the acrimonious relationship between the two explorers as for any geographical knowledge gained, although the latter was significant. Penzer p.66. With perforated stamp of the Minnesota Historical Society on title page and institutional bookplate, dealer label on rear pastedown.
[iii]-xvi, [5], 22-572 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings, including frontispiece and plates included in the pagination; folding map. 9¼x5¾", in quarter morocco over pebbled boards, spine tooled and lettered in git, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. First American Edition. Burton's account of his penetration into the interior of Africa, with John Hanning Speke as his second in command, in search of the source of the Nile River. The journey was to become as famous for the acrimonious relationship between the two explorers as for any geographical knowledge gained, although the latter was significant. Penzer p.66. With perforated stamp of the Minnesota Historical Society on title page and institutional bookplate, dealer label on rear pastedown.
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