Livingstone, David u. Charles Narrative of an expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries, and of the discovery of the lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858

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  Afrika - Sambesi Livingstone, David u. Charles Narrative of an expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries, and of the discovery of the lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864. Mit 1 gef. Kupfertafel im Frontispiz, 1 gef. Karte, 12 Kupfertafeln u. zahlr. Textabb. London, John Murray, 1865. XIV, 1 Bl., 608 S. Gr.-8°. Schöner Ldr. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. RSchild, gold- u. blindgepr. Rücken, Goldfilet u. Blindprägung auf Deckel (lichtrandig u. leicht fleckig, leicht berieben). With 1 folding wood-engraved frontspiece, 12 wood-engr. plates, 1 folding map and numerous in-text illustrations. - First edition. - Report of expedition to the Zambezi funded by the British government. - Contemporary calf with blind and gilt tooling to spine and boards (lightstained and slightly soiled, slightly rubbed). One plate loose. Occasionally fingerstained. With bookplate on the pastedown endpaper. Erste Auflage. - Bericht der von der britischen Regierung finanzierten Expedition zum Sambesi. - Eine Tafel lose. Stellenweise leicht fingerfleckig. Innenspiegel mit gest. Exlibris. *
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