Lot 537
  • 537

Galton, Francis

Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
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Description

  • Galton, Francis
  • The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa. London: John Murray, 1853
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (198 x 118mm.), xiv, [ii], 314pp., coloured folding map, 5 plates [4 tinted lithographs], original pictorial blindstamped mottled plum cloth gilt, terracotta endpapers, slipcase

Literature

Czech (Africa) p.61; Mendelssohn (1979) II, p.310 

Condition

A good copy
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