Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773 (5 volumes, complete set)
Item #M1913
Exceptional complete set of 5 volumes: Blumenbach's copy with bookplate and signature. Printed by James Ballantyne, for Archibald Constable and Co. and Manners and Miller, Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, Edinburgh, 1790. First edition. In-4. Vol. I: 6ff., lxxxiii, 535 pages. Vol. II: 2ff., viii, 718 pages. Vol. III: 2ff., viii, 744 pages (an additional article of 15 pages, not present in this edition is provided in xerox, they form a supplement of pages numbered 745-759). Vol. IV: 2ff., viii, 695 pages. Vol. V: 2ff., xiv, 230, [9] index, [1] errata pages. The text contains fifty-eight engraved plates and three engraved folding maps, as well as seven plates of Ethiopic characters, as follows: Vol. I: 8 plates (4 leaves of Ethiopian script missing in this edition). Vol. II: 4 plates. Vol. IV: 3 battle plans. Vol. V: 43 plates and 3 folding maps. Contemporary stiff wrappers, very rubbed and fragile, inside in fine condition. From the library of Egyptologist Andrew H. Gordon. Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: Travelers & Egyptologists.
Language: English.
Price: € 3,800.00 other currencies
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