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New Edition. Illustrated with maps and plates, some folding. 8vo, publisher’s full green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on spine, and decorated with a gilt tsetse fly with blind borders on the upper cover. ix, 436, 32 ads, map. A very fine and handsome copy, largely unopened, the cloth bright and especially well preserved.

Edizione: a fine and essentially unopened copy of perhaps the most famous of all books on the exploration of africa. this is the account of livingstone’s first great expedition (1853-56), during which he explored the zambesi and its victoria falls. one of the most important of all 19th century books on african exploration by one of the greatest explorer/missionaries of all time.<br> ".david livingstone, the scottish medical missionary, is known to history as the greatest explorer of his age and a dedicated humanitarian who devoted his life to the eradication of the african slave trade. he was a national hero to his contemporaries and time has confirmed his reputation as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of the eminent victorians, both in his achievement and in his influence." - george myrtle<br> this copy contains a fine folding plate at the front as well as a large number of full page and textual illustrations throughout. a handsome book.