Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: printed by J. Ruthven for G.G.J & J. Robinson, 1790, first edition, 5 volumes, 4to (310 x 250mm.), half-titles, 3 engraved folding maps, 3 battle plans (each with facing leaf of text) and 55 plates, 8pp. Ethiopian dialects in volume 1, original boards, uncut and partly unopened, [Blackmer 221; Hilmy I, p. 91], the leaves of gathering 3D in vol.4 misbound, dampstaining in vol.5, bindings with some wear, expertly rebacked to style
Estimate: 3.000 – 4.000 GBP