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Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed under the Direction and
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Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797...With an Appendix containing geographical illustrations of Africa by Major Rennell Engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 folding engraved maps and charts, two botanical engraved plates, and three copper engraved pla - 1799

by Park, Mungo

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London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for the Author; and sold by G. and W. Nicol, Booksellers to His Majesty, Pall-Mall, 1799. Second edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 folding engraved maps and charts, two botanical engraved plates, and three copper-engraved plates after drawings by the author, 2 leaves of engraved music. xxviii, 372, xcii, [2] pp. Half-title. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full contemporary polished tree calf, red morocco label. Occasional browning, but an excellent copy. Second edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 folding engraved maps and charts, two botanical engraved plates, and three copper-engraved plates after drawings by the author, 2 leaves of engraved music. xxviii, 372, xcii, [2] pp. Half-title. 1 vols. 4to. The classic of African exploration, a fresh copy of the second edition, published in the same year as the first. PMM 253 (First edition) ; Howgego P21; Cox I pp. 394-95; Hosken p. 154; Ibrahim-Hilmy II 93. Provenance: J. Steward Hepburn (bookplate)
Used - Bound in full contemporary polished tree calf, red morocco label. Occasional browning, but an excellent copy
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