Pinto - HOW I CROSSED AFRICA, 2 VOLS

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Pinto - HOW I CROSSED AFRICA, 2 VOLS

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Major Serpa Pinto

HOW I CROSSED AFRICA FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE INDIAN OCEAN, THROUGH UNKNOWN COUNTRIES; DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT ZAMBESI AFFLUENTS, &C., 2 VOLS

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1881

FIRST EDITION, 8vo, Vol I: xxx + 377 + 32 pub cat pp, 8 plates + numerous in text illustrations + 6 maps of which one folds out + one large folding map in back pocket; Vol II: vii + 388 pp, 17 plates + numerous in text illustrations + 2 maps; rebound in half morocco, new eps, ex-library with stamps, title page with foxing and heavier on facing tissue, foxing in prelims and sporadically throughout text; Vol I: large folding map with two panels loose along one fold and tears at fold intersections
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Jürgen Witt Collection