Lot 373
Africa.- Oates (Frank) Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls, first edition, original cloth, 1881.
Hammer Price: £220
Description
Africa.- Oates (Frank) Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece on india paper and mounted, 4 folding maps with routes or outlines hand-coloured, 6 chromolithographed plates, 10 lithographed plates of natural history including 2 of birds by Keulemans, 9 hand-coloured, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 32pp. catalogue at end, ink signature at head of title, some light foxing or soiling, mostly marginal, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, corners a little worn, rebacked preserving original spine, new endpapers, [Czech p.124], 8vo, 1881.
Description
Africa.- Oates (Frank) Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece on india paper and mounted, 4 folding maps with routes or outlines hand-coloured, 6 chromolithographed plates, 10 lithographed plates of natural history including 2 of birds by Keulemans, 9 hand-coloured, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 32pp. catalogue at end, ink signature at head of title, some light foxing or soiling, mostly marginal, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, corners a little worn, rebacked preserving original spine, new endpapers, [Czech p.124], 8vo, 1881.
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