Title: Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773 Author: Bruce, James Place: Edinburgh Publisher: Printed by J. Ruthven, For G.G.J. & J. Robinson Date: 1790 Description: 5 volumes. [12], lxxxiii, [3], 535; [4], viii, 718; [4], viii, 759; [4], viii, 695, [4], xiv, 230, [10] pp. Illustrated with 58 copper-engraved plates (4 of which are maps or battle plans) and including 3 folding copper-engraved maps; 4 leaves of Ethiopic facsimile. (4to) 28x 22.2 cm. (11x8½"), half red morocco and marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, top edges gilt, bound by R.P. Winckler. First Edition. First edition of one of the great annals of travel and explorations in Africa, a cornerstone of any collection of Africana. A Scotsman with ability and education, James Bruce 1730-1794, was appointed the English consul to Algiers, serving for two years before resigning to roam North Africa investigating architectural ruins. Following this preparation, he set off to fulfill his great ambition, to discover the source of the Nile. His travels into Abyssinia, a remarkable solo undertaking, resulted in the present body of work which not only includes the narrative of his travels but also comments on the history and religion of Egypt, an account of Indian trade, a history of Abyssinia and other such material. The DNB notes that while Bruce would not be confused with "a great scholar or a judicious critic..., few books of equal compass are equally entertaining; and few such monuments exist of the energy and enterprise of a single traveller." The many engraved plates are finely executed, and present primarily the flora and fauna encountered by Bruce on his travels. With the bookplates of Nancy and John Love on each front pastedown. Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbed lightly at edges and spine; half title and title page with closed tears in Vol. I; dampstaining to edges of most plates, some marginal foxing one large folding map with long closed stub tear, repaired; very good. Item number: 221380
Title: Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773 Author: Bruce, James Place: Edinburgh Publisher: Printed by J. Ruthven, For G.G.J. & J. Robinson Date: 1790 Description: 5 volumes. [12], lxxxiii, [3], 535; [4], viii, 718; [4], viii, 759; [4], viii, 695, [4], xiv, 230, [10] pp. Illustrated with 58 copper-engraved plates (4 of which are maps or battle plans) and including 3 folding copper-engraved maps; 4 leaves of Ethiopic facsimile. (4to) 28x 22.2 cm. (11x8½"), half red morocco and marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, top edges gilt, bound by R.P. Winckler. First Edition. First edition of one of the great annals of travel and explorations in Africa, a cornerstone of any collection of Africana. A Scotsman with ability and education, James Bruce 1730-1794, was appointed the English consul to Algiers, serving for two years before resigning to roam North Africa investigating architectural ruins. Following this preparation, he set off to fulfill his great ambition, to discover the source of the Nile. His travels into Abyssinia, a remarkable solo undertaking, resulted in the present body of work which not only includes the narrative of his travels but also comments on the history and religion of Egypt, an account of Indian trade, a history of Abyssinia and other such material. The DNB notes that while Bruce would not be confused with "a great scholar or a judicious critic..., few books of equal compass are equally entertaining; and few such monuments exist of the energy and enterprise of a single traveller." The many engraved plates are finely executed, and present primarily the flora and fauna encountered by Bruce on his travels. With the bookplates of Nancy and John Love on each front pastedown. Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbed lightly at edges and spine; half title and title page with closed tears in Vol. I; dampstaining to edges of most plates, some marginal foxing one large folding map with long closed stub tear, repaired; very good. Item number: 221380
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