Auction details
Natural History, Science, Sport, Travel
offered by
Bloomsbury House
24 Maddox Street Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP 
|
Werne (Ferdinand) Expedition to Discover the Source of the White Nile in the Years 1840, 1841, 2 vol., folding map and plate, lacking half-titles and advertisement f., ex-library copy with a few marginal ink stamps, some partially erased (including those to map and plate), map with small water-stain and a few very short tears to folds, new endpapers, modern crushed half morocco, gilt, 12mo, 1849.***Werne's narrative was a central work of Nile exploration, laying the foundations for the later journeys of Burton, Speke and Baker.. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
View Bloomsbury Auctions next auction.Similar lots up for auction |
5908330
