Park - TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA

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Park - TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA

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Mungo Park

TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA: PERFORMED UNDER THE DIRECTION AND PATRONAGE OF THE AFRICAN ASSOCIATION IN THE YEARS 1795, 1796, AND 1797

London: Privately Published, 1799

FIRST EDITION, 4to, xxviii + 372 + xcii + [6] pp, 5 plates of which 2 fold out + 3 folding maps, rebound with original morocco laid down, first 60 pages age toned and heavy age toning in post script, foxing; first folding map: age toning, three tears at fold intersections the longest 4cm, three tears in margins; second folding map: age toning, a few tears the longest 12cm; third map and folding plates with offsetting, and other plates with damp stain in top margins

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Jürgen Witt Collection