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THE EXPLORATION OF EAST AFRICA
FOWLER, John (cartographer) and Thomas KELL (lithographer). Egypt and Equatorial Africa. London: 1875. Lithographic map (72.8 x 146cm.) on 33 segments, linen-backed. The map covers the east coast of Africa from Damietta to Mozambique and inland to the Wadai territories, and the west coast of Arabia from Port Said to Aden, with the routes of the expeditions of Bruce, Livingstone, Burton and Speke, Baker, Stanley, Cameron, Schweinfurth, Petherick, and Nachtigall hand-coloured in outline. Folded in a contemporary dark brown morocco cover, lettered in gilt (25.4 x 14cm.) Provenance: Dukes of Sutherland (double 'S' monogram bookplate surmounted by a ducal coronet).
Together with a collection of 15 works by the great explorers of East Africa:
Sir Samuel White BAKER (1821-1893). The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile sources. London: Macmillan and Co., 1866. 2 vols., 8 (22.2 x 13.7cm.) (Some light spotting to first few leaves in each volume.) Original green cloth blocked in gilt and blind (corners very lightly bumped). FIRST EDITION; BAKER. The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs. London: Macmillan and Co., 1867. 8 (21.6 x 13.4cm.) Later blue half calf gilt by Maclaren and Macniven (spine somewhat faded, small loss to corner-piece of upper cover). Provenance: Andrew Scott (armorial bookplate, ink stamp on title). FIRST EDITION; BAKER. Ismaila. London: Macmillan and Co., 1874. 2 vols., 8 (22.1 x 13.4cm.) Original green cloth blocked in gilt and blind (covers lightly rubbed). Provenance: J.W. Woller, Almore Hall (signed on front free endpapers); The James Humphreys Collection (ink stamp on verso of titles). FIRST EDITION.
James BRUCE (1730-1794). Travels to discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: by James Ballantyne for Archibald Constable and Co. and Manners and Miller, and London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805. 7 vols. only including atlas (of 8, lacking vol.VII, the appendix), 4 and 8 (30.3 x 23.2cm.; and 21.2 x 12.7cm.) Text volumes contemporary tree calf (hinges weak, some rubbing to extremities, vol.VI lacking lettering-piece), atlas red 19th-century half calf (some very light rubbing). Provenance: Melville (armorial bookplate, vols.I-VI); Robert Balloch (armorial bookplate, atlas vol). SECOND EDITION.
Sir Richard Francis BURTON (1821-1890). First footsteps in East Africa; or, an exploration of Harar. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. 8 (21.4 x 13.3cm.) Modern green half morocco, spine gilt. FIRST EDITION; BURTON and James MCQUEEN. The Nile Basin. Part I. Showing Tanganyika to be Ptolemy's Western Lake Reservoir ... Part II. Captain Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864. 2 parts in one volume as issued, 8 (20.5 x 13.1cm.) Original blind-stamped maroon cloth (rebacked retaining original backstrip, spine and cover partly faded, new endpapers). FIRST EDITION.
David LIVINGSTONE (1813-1873). Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. London: John Murray, 1857. 8 (21.3 x 13.7cm.) 19th-century brown half calf (extremities rubbed). Provenance: William Edward Oates (armorial bookplate dated 1897). FIRST EDITION; LIVINGSTONE and Horace WALLER (editor). The Last Journals. London: John Murray, 1874. 2 vols, 8 (22.4 x 14.3cm.) Original maroon cloth blocked in gilt and blind (extremities very lightly rubbed). Provenance: Newport Public Libraries (bookplates, overlaid). FIRST EDITION.
Georg August SCHWEINFURTH (1836-1925). The Heart of Africa, translated by Ellen Frewer. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1873. 2 vols, 8 (21.3 x 13.4cm.) Modern green half calf. Provenance: K.F. van Muyden (binding note 'Het is gebondon uit de oorspronkelijke band in 1968' on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.
John Haning SPEKE (1827-1864). What led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1864. 8 (21.2 x 13.4cm.) (Last leaf and rear endpaper partly detached.) 19th-century green half morocco (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: George N. Living (signature on title dated 1867). FIRST EDITION; SPEKE. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1864. 8 (22.1 x 14cm.) Original green cloth blocked in gilt, black, and blind (extremities lightly rubbed). Second edition.
Sir Henry Morton STANLEY (1841-1904). How I found Livingstone. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1872. 8 (21.8 x 14cm.) (Some very light spotting to first few leaves). Original red cloth blocked in gilt, black, and blind (extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION; STANLEY. Through the Dark Continent. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1878. 2 vols, 8 (22 x 14.2cm.) Original brown cloth blocked in gilt, black, and blind (corners lightly bumped). Provenance: Frederick Topp (signed and dated, 'The Townleys, 1878' on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION; STANLEY. The Congo and the founding of its Free State. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, Searle & Rivington, 1885. 2 vols, 8 (21.2 x 13.8cm.) Later red morocco (spines somewhat faded, extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION; STANLEY. In Darkest Africa. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, Searle & Rivington, 1890. 2 vols, 8 (22 x 14.2cm.) Original red cloth blocked in gilt and black (extremities lightly rubbed, vol.I lower hinge weak). Provenance: Joseph R. Bower (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. (29)
FOWLER, John (cartographer) and Thomas KELL (lithographer). Egypt and Equatorial Africa. London: 1875. Lithographic map (72.8 x 146cm.) on 33 segments, linen-backed. The map covers the east coast of Africa from Damietta to Mozambique and inland to the Wadai territories, and the west coast of Arabia from Port Said to Aden, with the routes of the expeditions of Bruce, Livingstone, Burton and Speke, Baker, Stanley, Cameron, Schweinfurth, Petherick, and Nachtigall hand-coloured in outline. Folded in a contemporary dark brown morocco cover, lettered in gilt (25.4 x 14cm.) Provenance: Dukes of Sutherland (double 'S' monogram bookplate surmounted by a ducal coronet).
Together with a collection of 15 works by the great explorers of East Africa:
Sir Samuel White BAKER (1821-1893). The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile sources. London: Macmillan and Co., 1866. 2 vols., 8 (22.2 x 13.7cm.) (Some light spotting to first few leaves in each volume.) Original green cloth blocked in gilt and blind (corners very lightly bumped). FIRST EDITION; BAKER. The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs. London: Macmillan and Co., 1867. 8 (21.6 x 13.4cm.) Later blue half calf gilt by Maclaren and Macniven (spine somewhat faded, small loss to corner-piece of upper cover). Provenance: Andrew Scott (armorial bookplate, ink stamp on title). FIRST EDITION; BAKER. Ismaila. London: Macmillan and Co., 1874. 2 vols., 8 (22.1 x 13.4cm.) Original green cloth blocked in gilt and blind (covers lightly rubbed). Provenance: J.W. Woller, Almore Hall (signed on front free endpapers); The James Humphreys Collection (ink stamp on verso of titles). FIRST EDITION.
James BRUCE (1730-1794). Travels to discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: by James Ballantyne for Archibald Constable and Co. and Manners and Miller, and London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805. 7 vols. only including atlas (of 8, lacking vol.VII, the appendix), 4 and 8 (30.3 x 23.2cm.; and 21.2 x 12.7cm.) Text volumes contemporary tree calf (hinges weak, some rubbing to extremities, vol.VI lacking lettering-piece), atlas red 19th-century half calf (some very light rubbing). Provenance: Melville (armorial bookplate, vols.I-VI); Robert Balloch (armorial bookplate, atlas vol). SECOND EDITION.
Sir Richard Francis BURTON (1821-1890). First footsteps in East Africa; or, an exploration of Harar. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. 8 (21.4 x 13.3cm.) Modern green half morocco, spine gilt. FIRST EDITION; BURTON and James MCQUEEN. The Nile Basin. Part I. Showing Tanganyika to be Ptolemy's Western Lake Reservoir ... Part II. Captain Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864. 2 parts in one volume as issued, 8 (20.5 x 13.1cm.) Original blind-stamped maroon cloth (rebacked retaining original backstrip, spine and cover partly faded, new endpapers). FIRST EDITION.
David LIVINGSTONE (1813-1873). Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. London: John Murray, 1857. 8 (21.3 x 13.7cm.) 19th-century brown half calf (extremities rubbed). Provenance: William Edward Oates (armorial bookplate dated 1897). FIRST EDITION; LIVINGSTONE and Horace WALLER (editor). The Last Journals. London: John Murray, 1874. 2 vols, 8 (22.4 x 14.3cm.) Original maroon cloth blocked in gilt and blind (extremities very lightly rubbed). Provenance: Newport Public Libraries (bookplates, overlaid). FIRST EDITION.
Georg August SCHWEINFURTH (1836-1925). The Heart of Africa, translated by Ellen Frewer. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1873. 2 vols, 8 (21.3 x 13.4cm.) Modern green half calf. Provenance: K.F. van Muyden (binding note 'Het is gebondon uit de oorspronkelijke band in 1968' on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.
John Haning SPEKE (1827-1864). What led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1864. 8 (21.2 x 13.4cm.) (Last leaf and rear endpaper partly detached.) 19th-century green half morocco (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: George N. Living (signature on title dated 1867). FIRST EDITION; SPEKE. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1864. 8 (22.1 x 14cm.) Original green cloth blocked in gilt, black, and blind (extremities lightly rubbed). Second edition.
Sir Henry Morton STANLEY (1841-1904). How I found Livingstone. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1872. 8 (21.8 x 14cm.) (Some very light spotting to first few leaves). Original red cloth blocked in gilt, black, and blind (extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION; STANLEY. Through the Dark Continent. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1878. 2 vols, 8 (22 x 14.2cm.) Original brown cloth blocked in gilt, black, and blind (corners lightly bumped). Provenance: Frederick Topp (signed and dated, 'The Townleys, 1878' on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION; STANLEY. The Congo and the founding of its Free State. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, Searle & Rivington, 1885. 2 vols, 8 (21.2 x 13.8cm.) Later red morocco (spines somewhat faded, extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION; STANLEY. In Darkest Africa. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, Searle & Rivington, 1890. 2 vols, 8 (22 x 14.2cm.) Original red cloth blocked in gilt and black (extremities lightly rubbed, vol.I lower hinge weak). Provenance: Joseph R. Bower (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. (29)