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Livingstone's Missionary Travels, 1857
Livingstone's Missionary Travels, 1857
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Author: Livingstone, David
Title: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Afica, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean
Place Published: London
Publisher:John Murray
Date Published: 1857
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ix, [1], 687, [1], 8 ad pp. Illustrated with wood engravings including full page plates, one of which is the folding frontispiece of Victoria Falls; steel-engraved portrait of Livingstone; 2 folding maps. 22.2x13.8 cm (8¾x5½"), original blindstamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.



Livingstone's classic account of his earlier travels and explorations in Africa, with an account of the Tsetse fly. This copy includes the large folding map that is loose in the rear endpaper pocket. The so-called "Presentation Edition" made available to Murray's favoured customers (although the first owner of this copy is not identified) as a promotion for the publication.

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Rebacked, some wear and staining to covers; front hinge cracked after page 16, rear hinge reinforced, some toning and offsetting to pages; overall about very good.
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