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Denham, Clapperton & Oudney - NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA
Major Dixon Denham, Captain Hugh Clapperton & Doctor Oudney
NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA, IN THE YEARS 1822, 1823, AND 1824
London: John Murray, MDCCCXXVI [1826]
FIRST EDITION, 4to, xlviii + 335 + [iv] + 272pp, frontis + 32 plates one of which in colour + 5 maps one of which folds out, recased with morocco covers and spine laid down, gilt and blind tooling, all edges gilt, previous owner’s name in eps, foxing in prelims, pencil annotation on two pages, bookmark ribbon loose, hinge cracked toward back of text block, plates and maps with offsetting, four plates with heavy foxing; folding map with foxing and toning along folds, short tears at fold intersections, 20cm repaired tear starting at hinge
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Jürgen Witt Collection
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