BRUCE, James.- Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773. The second edition [...]. Vol. VIII containing the plates and maps. Edinburgh, printed by James Ballantyne, for Archibald Constable and...
Estimation :
200 / 250
Description
Manners and Miller; London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805.
In-4°; 82 pl. (text pp. browned and pl. slightly, foxing, small marginal dampstain on pl. 50, margin of the 1st map partly teared).
Modern binding : green cloth, flat spine (flyleaves renewed).
ATLAS ONLY complete of the 3 folding maps and 79 plates figuring Bruce's portrait, autochtons in traditional costumes, plants and flowers, animals, etc. The travel writer Bruce (1730-1794) confused the source of the Nile Blue with the one of the Nile, but discovered the confluent with the White Nile in 1771.
Provenance : Carteret (handwritten mention).
JOINT, same author and binding : (1). Voyage aux sources du Nil, en Nubie, et en Abyssinie. Londres, s.n., 1790 [- 1792], 2 vol. in-8° (pp. browned, foxing). T. 1 & 13 (of 14, Atlas incl.); 1st ed. of the translation.-- (2). L'Égypte et la Mer Rouge. Limoges, Barbou, [1882], in-8° (foxing, marginal ligth dampstain throughout with sometimes mould).
IHFZ Atlas seul illustré de 3 cartes dépl. et 79 planches (plantes, plans, autochtones en costumes traditionnels...). Pleine toile moderne (pp. de texte brunies, pl. lég., rouss.). Avec 2 ouvr. de Bruce joints.
In-4°; 82 pl. (text pp. browned and pl. slightly, foxing, small marginal dampstain on pl. 50, margin of the 1st map partly teared).
Modern binding : green cloth, flat spine (flyleaves renewed).
ATLAS ONLY complete of the 3 folding maps and 79 plates figuring Bruce's portrait, autochtons in traditional costumes, plants and flowers, animals, etc. The travel writer Bruce (1730-1794) confused the source of the Nile Blue with the one of the Nile, but discovered the confluent with the White Nile in 1771.
Provenance : Carteret (handwritten mention).
JOINT, same author and binding : (1). Voyage aux sources du Nil, en Nubie, et en Abyssinie. Londres, s.n., 1790 [- 1792], 2 vol. in-8° (pp. browned, foxing). T. 1 & 13 (of 14, Atlas incl.); 1st ed. of the translation.-- (2). L'Égypte et la Mer Rouge. Limoges, Barbou, [1882], in-8° (foxing, marginal ligth dampstain throughout with sometimes mould).
IHFZ Atlas seul illustré de 3 cartes dépl. et 79 planches (plantes, plans, autochtones en costumes traditionnels...). Pleine toile moderne (pp. de texte brunies, pl. lég., rouss.). Avec 2 ouvr. de Bruce joints.
