Author: Burton, Richard F.
2 volumes. xiv, [2], 261, [1]; vi, [2], 355 (misnumbered 255), [1] pp. Volume I with folding frontispiece map, Volume II with folding map and four wood-engraved plates (including frontispiece); cuts in the text. 8½x5¼, later half gilt-ruled red levant morocco & cloth, spines tooled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt; bound by Hatchards. First Edition.
Scarce account of Burton's travels in the wilds of the Congo, including a description of the peoples who lived there and of a journey on the Congo River and his two searches for Gorillas. Penzer p.94.
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle
Date Published: 1876
2 volumes. xiv, [2], 261, [1]; vi, [2], 355 (misnumbered 255), [1] pp. Volume I with folding frontispiece map, Volume II with folding map and four wood-engraved plates (including frontispiece); cuts in the text. 8½x5¼, later half gilt-ruled red levant morocco & cloth, spines tooled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt; bound by Hatchards. First Edition.
Scarce account of Burton's travels in the wilds of the Congo, including a description of the peoples who lived there and of a journey on the Congo River and his two searches for Gorillas. Penzer p.94.
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle
Date Published: 1876
Condition report
Marginal dampstain to one of the plates, near fine, in handsome binding.
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Travel and Exploration
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