The Lake Regions Of Central Equatorial Africa With Notices Of The Lunar Mountains And The Sources

by Richard F Burton

$5,000 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

London: John Murray, 1859. 8vo, pp. ccxxiv, 464, 6 ads ; large folding map; original blue printed wrappers bound in at the back, later half brown morocco, gilt lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine, t.e.g.; some scuffing, but very good. After the preliminaries, the entire text is devoted to Burton's account. Penzer, p. 201: The long article which occupies nearly the complete volume, was also issued as a paper-covered book with a title-page of its own. It

  • Binding: Leather

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