Lot 107
O'Neill (Thomas) Sketches of African Scenery, from Zanzibar to the Victoria Nyanza, first edition, chromolithographed plates, 1878.
Hammer Price: £16,000
Description
O'Neill (Thomas) Sketches of African Scenery, from Zanzibar to the Victoria Nyanza, first edition, 19 chromolithographed plates on 9 sheets, one double-page incorporating panorama, most after O'Neill, map and wood-engraved illustration in text, fine contemporary crimson morocco with elaborate borders in gilt, by W.Mansell, title in gilt to upper cover, inner gilt dentelles, ivory watered silk endpapers, g.e., slightly rubbed, 4to, 1878.
⁂ A fine copy of one of the rarest of colour plate books solely on East Africa, probably bound for presentation.
O'Neill was an Irish architect, part of the Church Missionary Society expedition to establish a permanent mission on the Ugandan shore of Victoria Nyanza. The venture was not a success: the expedition doctor died early on, the dhow to cross the lake sank, and O'Neill and a colleague were murdered.
We can trace only 3 copies at auction, including this one in 2015 and another in the Winterton sale in 2003.
Description
O'Neill (Thomas) Sketches of African Scenery, from Zanzibar to the Victoria Nyanza, first edition, 19 chromolithographed plates on 9 sheets, one double-page incorporating panorama, most after O'Neill, map and wood-engraved illustration in text, fine contemporary crimson morocco with elaborate borders in gilt, by W.Mansell, title in gilt to upper cover, inner gilt dentelles, ivory watered silk endpapers, g.e., slightly rubbed, 4to, 1878.
⁂ A fine copy of one of the rarest of colour plate books solely on East Africa, probably bound for presentation.
O'Neill was an Irish architect, part of the Church Missionary Society expedition to establish a permanent mission on the Ugandan shore of Victoria Nyanza. The venture was not a success: the expedition doctor died early on, the dhow to cross the lake sank, and O'Neill and a colleague were murdered.
We can trace only 3 copies at auction, including this one in 2015 and another in the Winterton sale in 2003.
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