[Rarebooks] FS: Fine copy of Livingstone's travels in Africa. NY: 1858

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(TRAVEL) Livingstone, David. MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean. With Portrait; Maps by Arrowsmith; and Numerous Illustrations. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1858. First American edition. Lg. 8vo. xxiv,732pp. Plus (4)pp. publisher's catalog. Title page with woodcut of a tsetse fly. Illustrated with an engraved portrait of the author with tissue guard (old tidemark at top blank margin, image unaffected); numerous woodcut plates (1, double-page), and text drawings. Folding geologic cross-section of Africa, and 2 folding maps with the author's routes outlined in red. Orig. blind & gilt stamped brown cloth. A near fine copy.    $250.00 (trade discount allowed)

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