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 / by David Livingstone
1857, First Edition, Second Issue. London : John Murray. Very good copy in the original cloth, re-cased with new endpapers. Covers elaborated blind-tooled, with title gilt-blocked to the spine. Corners somewhat bumped, with a slight suggestion of rubbing to the panel edges and endbands. Prelims faintly foxed, with interior remaining tight, bright and clean. Folding maps and plates present and in very good condition. A well-preserved copy overall. Item #459787
Physical description: ix, 687 pages, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 2 folded colour maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes: Folded map in pocket inside rear cover. Includes index. Subjects: Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 -- Travel -- Africa, Southern. Missionaries, Medical -- Africa, Southern -- Biography. Explorers -- Africa, Southern -- Biography. Missions -- Africa, Southern -- History -- 19th century. Africa, Southern -- Description and travel -- 19th century. Africa, Southern -- Discovery and exploration -- 19th century. Zambezi River -- Discovery and exploration -- 19th century. Victoria Falls (Zambia and Zimbabwe) -- Description and travel -- 19th century. Tsetse-flies -- Africa, Southern. London Missionary Society -- History -- 19th century. Christianity and commerce -- Africa -- History -- 19th century. Slave trade -- Africa -- History -- 19th century.
Price: €895.00