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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Livingstone (David)

MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Published: John Murray, London, 1857

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Including a sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence across the Continent, down the River Zambesi, to Loanda on the West Coast; thence across the continent, down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean.

711 pages (+ 8 pages of Murray's List of Recent Works, dated, November 1, 1857), folding wood-engraved frontispiece of Victoria Falls by J.W. Whymper, portrait, 2 other wood-engraved plates by Whymper, 42 wood engraved plates and other illustrations, 2 folding maps by Arrowsmith - 1 in pocket in rear free endpaper, edged uncut, publisher's blind stamped brown cloth with gilt titling on the spine - the cloth is worn at the top and bottom of the spine, with the original endpapers but the hinges are weak, overall a good copy.

Inscribed faintly in pencil on the front free endpaper H. Waller, 21st December 1859. Possibly Horace Waller a friend of Livingstone’s and editor of The Last Journals of David Livingstone (1874).

Bradlow variant 8. A rare variant with both the index and additional pages 8* & 8+. The index and additional pages were issued in early 1858 and they could be obtained from the publisher and bound in. They appeared in cloth bound copies towards the end of February. In the extra page 8’s Livingstone gives a brief account of his married life (to Mary Moffat) and the upbringing of his children whom he had omitted to mention in earlier issues. In this copy the publisher’s catalogue which appears at the end is dated 1st November 1857.

  • Binding Condition: Fair
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (230 x 145 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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