Africa.- Bruce (James) Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved title-vignettes and coat-of-arms at head of dedication, 3 folding engraved maps, 58 engraved plates (most of natural history but including 3 engraved battle plans, each with explanatory leaf of text), 4 letterpress leaves of Ethiopian dialects between pp.400 and 401 in vol.1, list of plates from vol.5 bound in vol.1, without final blank in vol.4, some spotting and offsetting, light damp-staining, mostly to inner margins particularly vol.1 where leaves mounted on stubs, D1 in vol.5 torn and repaired, one or two marginal tears, old marbled boards, rebacked and recornered in calf and stamped in gilt and blind, boards slightly rubbed,[Blackmer 221; Nissen ZBI 671], 4to, Edinburgh, J.Ruthven, 1790.

⁂ Description of Bruce's search for the source of the Nile. Much of the work concerns Egypt and Abyssinia, the latter being where he found the source of the Blue Nile although this was disputed on his return to Britain.