About the lot N° 119
Title : Travels To Discover The Source Of The Nile, In The Years 1768... 1773, 5 Vol., Period : 1790
Notes : James Bruce of Kinnaird (1730-1794) was only the second European to visit the isolated mountain kingdom of Abyssinia since the 1630s. He spent five years in upper Egypt, Abyssinia, and exploring the Nile, and this work, holding with convention, ranges from exciting adventure stories, reported dialogues and boasts of success with African women, to vivid sketches of Abyssinian life, politics and natural history. It was immensely successful, most of the original edition being sold to retail booksellers within thirty-two hours. The plates include maps, botanical and zoological specimens, antiquities, artifacts and plans of monuments.Bonhams 3, auctioneer, London, UK
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Sale title : Exploration & Travel
Sale date : 16 Sep 2009
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