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Bruce, James. - Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773.

Dublin: printed by William Sleater, for P. Wogan, L. White, P. Byrne, W. Porter, W. Sleater, J. Jones, J. Moore, B. Dornin, C. Lewis, W. Jones, G. Draper, J. Milliken, and R. White, 1790. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Six volumes. I: lxxx, 381pp.; II: [viii], 592pp.; III: [vi], 687pp.; IV: [viii], 775pp.; V: [viii], 496pp.; VI: xxiv, 286, [xii], [iii] pp. First authorized Dublin edition. Contemporary blue half calf over marbled boards. With 56 plates on 63 leaves, including 6 folding maps and plans, tables of weather, index. Altogether 60 engraved plates (1 double-plate) and 3 large engraved maps by Bruce. I: six plates; II: three plates including one fold-out: III: three plates including one fold-out map; IV: three sheets, printed on one side only, offering a "First Battle Observation" followed by "Second" and "Third." Illustrated with four plates including three fold-out battle plans and maps; V: no plates; VI: Forty-three plates plus three large fold-out maps. Cox I, p. 381; Nissen 6127; Blackmer 434; NZI 617; ESTC N27890 Good.
USD 3500.00 [Appr.: EURO 3248.25 | £UK 2795.25 | JP¥ 545149] Book number 1629

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