BOWDICH, Thomas Edward (1791-1824). Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee, with a statistical account of that Kingdom, and geographical notices of other parts of the interior of Africa, London: John Murray, 1819. 4° (291 x 228mm). Half title, folding engraved frontispiece map of Western Africa by J. Walker, 9 plates, of which 7 are hand-coloured aquatints, including 7 hand-coloured and 3 folding, one map and 5 pages of engraved music. (Some light offsetting from plates, occasional staining or spotting.) Contemporary boards, paper label on spine. FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 279; Tooley 95.