Live auction - Lot 632
The life of Edmund Musgrave Barttelot [...].
London, R. Bentley, 1890
Hammer price: €
110
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Lot description
8vo: xi-413 pp.; 6 pl.
Publ. cloth.
Second ed. of this account of Edmund Musgrave Barttelot, Captain and Brevet-Major Royal Fusiliers, Commander of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition. His expedition members, after returning to Europe and America, reported on Barttelot's alleged abusive and incompetent behaviour. In response, Barttelot's brother, Walter George edited the diaries of his brother, defending his reputation and adding some biting comments on Stanley's behaviour. Ill. with 4 full-page pl. and 2 folding maps.
Ref. BL. - BnF. - Opac KBR.