The Nile Basin Part I Showing Tanganyika To Be Ptolemys Western Lake Reservoir A Memoir Read Before

by Richard F Burton

$2,500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: Tinsley Bros. 1864. First edition, 8vo, pp. 4 , iv, 5 -195, 1 , 4 ads ; 3 maps; contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards, unlettered spine; scuffed and rubbed; good and sound. Part I, which constitutes Burton's portion, contains 2 maps and terminates on p. 65. Penzer, p. 74: Good copies are scarce. Casada 49: This two-part work also included James McQueen's scathing attack of John Speke through a lengthy review of the latter's Journal

• Binding: Leather

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