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The Spring Offering of Fine & Decorative Arts

Sat, May 17, 2014 10:00AM EDT - Sun, May 18, 2014 10:00AM EDT
Lot 662

Albert Nyanza, [Great Basin of the

Estimate: $300 - $600

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Nile,] and two Other Volumes London, 1866, two volumes; with Samuel White Baker, [Explorations of the Nile Sources,] London, McMillan, 1866, with 34 wood-engraved illustrations, frontispiece with two portraits, plus two maps, green calf with gilt illustrated boards and titles, 9 x 6 in., [very good condition;] with Speke, John Hannon, [Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile,] William Blackwood & Sons, 1863, first edition, numerous black-and-white plates, portraits and illustrations throughout the text, inscribed by the author, 1864, retains both maps, written full-page notation inside cover dated 1870, rubbed cloth and gilt titles, [some discoloration to cover boards;] with David Livingston, [Narrative of the Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries and of the Discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864,] London, John Murray, 1865, first edition, profusely illustrated with fine cuts throughout, many full pages, original gilt illustrated cloth boards and titles, 9 x 6-1/4 in., [separations to map at creases, boards loose and worn at cover hinge, spine with wrinkle, text generally good condition] . Provenance: Collection of Dr. Laurence and Dorothy Grossman, Nashville, Tennessee

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