The Albert Nyanza, Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources viennese each one identified by donator

each one identified by donator

He was a keen amateur naturalist

Early edition bound in tan half morocco over marbled boards with raised bands to spine

and hardly ever in this fresh and untorn state

London: printed by Harrisons and Sons for H

The Albert Nyanza, Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources viennese each one identified by donatorLondon & Philadelphia: Macmillan Lippincott, 1866. First single volume edition. 8vo (9 x 6 ins); pp xxvi + 509. Portrait frontispiece plus six engraved and plates and numerous illustrations in the text. Two coloured maps at the back, one of which is folded. Folding map has a repaired tear across one corner. Original cloth boards with embossed gilt illustrations of canoeist in front of a setting (or rising) sun to front board, gilt lettering to spine,