Lot 289
Africa.- Speke (John Hanning) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, 1st ed., mod. morocco, 1863.
Hammer Price: £300
Description
Africa.- Speke (John Hanning) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, first edition, 2 engraved portraits, 2 maps (one printed in red and blue, the other folding with outline hand-colouring), wood-engraved plates and numerous illustrations, lacking advertisement leaf and 32pp. publishers' catalogue at end, cropped, title lightly soiled, folding map laid down, modern brown morocco, gilt, spine gilt, [Czech p.151], 8vo, Edinburgh & London, 1863.
? An account of Speke's second expedition, with James A.Grant, to prove his earlier claim that Lake Victoria was the source of the Nile, disputed by Sir Richard Burton (see lot 216).
Description
Africa.- Speke (John Hanning) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, first edition, 2 engraved portraits, 2 maps (one printed in red and blue, the other folding with outline hand-colouring), wood-engraved plates and numerous illustrations, lacking advertisement leaf and 32pp. publishers' catalogue at end, cropped, title lightly soiled, folding map laid down, modern brown morocco, gilt, spine gilt, [Czech p.151], 8vo, Edinburgh & London, 1863.
? An account of Speke's second expedition, with James A.Grant, to prove his earlier claim that Lake Victoria was the source of the Nile, disputed by Sir Richard Burton (see lot 216).
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