Lot 420
  • 420

Duncan, John

Estimate
300 - 400 GBP
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Description

  • Duncan, John
  • Travels in Western Africa... comprising a Journey from Whydah, through the Kingdom of Dahomey, to Adofoodia, in the Interior. London: Richard Bentley, 1847
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (222 x 118mm.), (vol.1) xiv, [ii], 304pp.; (vol.2) x, [ii], 314pp., [ii pp. table], folding engraved map, 4 plates, original blindstamped green ribbed cloth, yellow endpapers, slipcase, lower cover of vol.1 slightly faded at head

Provenance

Walter John Trevelyan, Sheriff of Cornwall, 1906-07, stamp on endpapers

Condition

The condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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