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Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. With Notices of the so-called 'Amazons', the Grand Customs, the Yearly Customs, the Human Sacrifices, the Present State of the Slave Trade, and the Negro's Place in Nature, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, wood-engraved frontispieces, foxing, original purple pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, spines faded, corners bumped, [Penzer p.72], 8vo, 1864.
⁂ Burton travelled to Dahome in an attempt to persuade the brutal King Gelele, with his army of female "Amazons", to abandon his practices of slave-trading and human sacrifice; he was unsuccessful.
Lot 7
Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome, 2 vol., first edition, original cloth, 1864.
Hammer Price: £800
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Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. With Notices of the so-called 'Amazons', the Grand Customs, the Yearly Customs, the Human Sacrifices, the Present State of the Slave Trade, and the Negro's Place in Nature, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, wood-engraved frontispieces, foxing, original purple pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, spines faded, corners bumped, [Penzer p.72], 8vo, 1864.
⁂ Burton travelled to Dahome in an attempt to persuade the brutal King Gelele, with his army of female "Amazons", to abandon his practices of slave-trading and human sacrifice; he was unsuccessful.