1 volume. True first edition 1857.
Bradlow's Variant No. 2.
Original blind-embossed hardcover with gilt title to spine.
Decorative endpapers.
x, 687 pages.
8 pages [publisher’s catalogue dated November 1, 1857].
Folding colour-tinted lithograph frontispiece of Victoria Falls by W. West.
Steel-engraved portrait of the author facing Introduction page.
Double-tinted lithograph by West opposite page 66.
Single tinted lithograph from a sketch by C. Bell opposite page 225 and printed by West.
[Scarce first issue with the three tinted plates, later replaced
with black & white wood engravings in later issues].
42 wood engraved plates and in-text illustrations including
a folding geological cross section of south central Africa.
2 folding maps by Arrowsmith [1 in pocket in back cover].
This edition conforms to the scarce 'Bradlow Variant No.2',
where Bradlow quotes research done by Gaston Renard
who cites this variant as the true first issue.
Recorded shipping weight 2000g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 23 x 15.5
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