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BRUCE, JAMES. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. 58 engraved plates of 43 natural
BRUCE, JAMES. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. 58 engraved plates of 43 natural history and 15 miscellaneous subjects; 3 folding maps (heavily foxed). 4 leaves of texts in various Ethiopic languages between pages 400 and 401 in Volume 1. Half-titles. 5 volumes. 4to, contemporary calf, rebacked, cover corners restored, endpapers renewed, Volume 3 lettering piece imperfect; offsetting from plates, last folding map heavily foxed, infrequent minor foxing of text. handsome set. Edinburgh & London, 1790
- Notes: first edition. "Bruce arrived in Alexandria in 1768 having determined to discover the source of the Nile... He eventually reached Gondar in 1770... He stayed there for two years before finally reaching the source of the Blue Nile, and in 1771 he also found its confluence with the White Nile having surmounted numerous difficulties. This work is particularly important for its portrayal of Abyssinia, little-known to his contemporaries, for its literary merits, and for the final volume on natural history"--Blackmer sale 434. Nissen ZBI 617. With the bookplates of the explorer and author Wilfred Thesiger.
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