Rebound in half leather and marbled boards, this is now an very attractive copy. Gilt title to spine. New endpapers.
x, 687 pages. Folding colour lithograph frontispiece of Victoria Falls. Fine steel-engraved portrait of the author. 20 full-page engraved plates.& 1 full-page b/w lithograph plate. 1 colour lithograph plate. In-text illustrations. Folding geological cross section of south central Africa. 2 folding maps by Arrowsmith [1 in pocket of rear cover].
Name of a previous owner on ffep, with a date of 1857, most probably the very first owner. A few ink stamps of the East London Public Library. Sporadic foxing.
The first of Livingstone's three major expeditions, in which he followed the Zambezi, discovering Victoria Falls in the process, as well as the Shire and Ruyuma rivers, ranging from Angola in the west to Mozambique in the east. During these years he explored vast regions of central Africa, many of which had never been seen by white men before.
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 16 x 23 cm
