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Auction #128 begins on 15 Jan 2026

Bruce (James)

TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE, IN THE YEARS 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 & 1773

Edition: Second edition

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To which is prefixed, A Life of the Author.

 

Second edition corrected and enlarged: 8 volumes – 7 octavo volumes of text and a quarto atlas of plates and maps: I. ccclxviii, 159. II. viii,  499. III. viii, 531. IV. viii, 492. V. viii, 512. VI. viii, VII. 549. iv, 436 (with the index), (viii publisher’s catalogue), VIII. 16 pages of letterpress and 79 engraved plates, maps and charts, 3 large folding maps at the end, full sprinkled leather which is very worn – boards of volume 6 and the atlas are detached, other hinges split but holding on the ties, light foxing throughout, a fair set.

Size: Volumes 1 – 7: Octavo (210 x 135 mm), Atlas: quarto (310 x 240 mm)

Edinburgh, Printed by James Ballantyne, for Archibald Constable and Co., and Manners Miller.
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. 1805

  • Overall Condition: Fair
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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