Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi

£650 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Livingstone's second book describes his expedition to expose the Portuguese slave traders and to find a way to establish a settlement for missions and commerce near the head of the Rovuma. First edition; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); folding frontispiece, large folding map (at the end), 12 full-page plates (5 by Thomas Baines), 23 illustrations in the text; publisher's original maroon cloth, gilt pictorial vignette to upper cover, a little worn, expertly restored, a very good copy; xiv, [i], 608 pp. Mendelssohn I, 915.

• Binding: Hardcover

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