THE LIFE & EXPLORATIONS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE

702 pages, chromolithographic frontispiece, additional chromolithographic title page, numerous chromo and tinted lithographic plates, coloured map, full elaborately decorated black leather, stamped in gilt and blind on both the upper and lower covers, all edges gilt, the spine is rubbed and faded, the contents are bright.

A South African Bibliography, Volume 4, pages 53-54, ascribes the authorship to John S. Roberts. This work, compiled from secondary sources, was issued by a number of different publishers and other commercial firms in Britain. An edition was published in Australia and there was a Welsh translation. The binding was offered in a variety of formats. This binding resembles many Bibles produced in the Victoria era and so it is sometimes referred to as the Livingstone "Bible".