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Removed from Tyntesfield, Somerset
Offered by Order of the Executors
BRUCE, James (1730-94). Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, London: 1790. 5 volumes, 4° (288 x 232mm.). Engraved illustrations on titles, 3 folding engraved maps and 58 plates, 4 leaves of Ethiopic dialect scripts. (Title of vol. one spotted and stain at margin, the stain affecting the next few leaves, occasional light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary half calf gilt, spines with raised bands and lettered in gilt. (Extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: William Gibbs (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Nissen ZBI 617. (5)
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BRUCE, James (1730-94). Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, London: 1790. 5 volumes, 4° (288 x 232mm.). Engraved illustrations on titles, 3 folding engraved maps and 58 plates, 4 leaves of Ethiopic dialect scripts. (Title of vol. one spotted and stain at margin, the stain affecting the next few leaves, occasional light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary half calf gilt, spines with raised bands and lettered in gilt. (Extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: William Gibbs (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Nissen ZBI 617. (5)