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 [Two Volumes] by Burton, Richard F - 1864

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864. Captain Burton's expedition had the goal of curtailing the slave trade; say what one needs to regarding colonialism, Britain made true efforts during the mid-19th Century to stop the slavers. These are Very Good copies of the Second Edition (stated), which corrects the misnumbered page 181 in the foirst issue. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather tips and spine; titling and rules in gilt on the spine. Perhaps a 19th-Century rebind. Clean texts; spotting to the endpapers and title pages; otherwise clear, bright, and unfoxed. Volume I is xvii, 386 pages with a frontis engraving of one of the "Amazons." Volume Two is vi, 413 pages, with a frontis engraving of the "King's Victims." Rubbing to the margins, with the spines dry and with some flaking; small chips at the head and foot. There are newer endpapers with reinforcements, but the front gutter of Volume One has cracked, needing a bit more work. . Second Edition. Quarter-Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.