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(Voyage & Exploration) - Ens. 3 ouvr. en 4 vol. - BRUCE, James.- Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773. The second edition [...]. Vol. VIII containing the plates and maps. EDINBURGH, PRINTED BY JAMES BALLANTYNE, FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND MANNERS AND MILLER; LONDON, LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, 1805. In-4°; 82 pl. (text pp. browned and pl. slightly, foxing, small marginal dampstain on pl. 50, margin of the 1st map partly teared). Modern binding : green cloth, flat spine (flyleaves renewed).
ATLAS ONLY complete of the 3 folding maps and 79 plates figuring Bruce's portrait, autochtons in traditional costumes, plants and flowers, animals, etc. The travel writer Bruce (1730-1794) confused the source of the Nile Blue with the one of the Nile, but discovered the confluent with the White Nile in 1771. Provenance : Carteret (handwritten mention). JOINT, same author and binding : (1). Voyage aux sources du Nil, en Nubie, et en Abyssinie. Londres, s.n., 1790 [- 1792], 2 vol. in-8° (pp. browned, foxing). T. 1 & 13 (of 14, Atlas incl.); 1st ed. of the translation.-- (2). L'Égypte et la Mer Rouge. Limoges, Barbou, [1882], in-8° (foxing, marginal ligth dampstain throughout with sometimes mould). -- Atlas seul illustré de 3 cartes dépl. et 79 planches (plantes, plans, autochtones en costumes traditionnels...). Pleine toile moderne (pp. de texte brunies, pl. lég., rouss.). Avec 2 ouvr. de Bruce joints. Top J'enchéris