Live auction - Lot 894
In darkest Africa [...].
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890
Hammer price: €
220
€ 250 / 350
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Lot description
2 vol., 8vo: xv-529, xv-472-[2] pp. (sl. foxing, sm. tear in map).
Publ. ill. red cloth, flat spine with gilt title (corners bumped, sl. rubbed spine).
First ed. of Stanley's remarkable account of his expedition from the East Coast through the heart of Africa to the land of The Nile. Simultaneously published in New York, London and Berlin (German). With 3 folding maps, 15 pl. and numerous wood-engraved ill. in-text.
Ref. Chadenat 1752 (French trsl.). - Hosken 189. - Opac KBR.
Prov. John P. Kidston (bookpl.).