Author: READE, Winwood:
Title: The African Sketch-Book. With maps and illustrations. Volume I & II . In 2 volumes.
Description: London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1873, in-8vo, 1) XII + Frontispiece + 483 p. with maps & ills. / 2) Frontispiece + VIII + 529 p. + 6 maps (the last folded) + 3 plates + 6 p. publicity, part of first fly-leave missing, small legacy stamp 'Guggisberg', ill. orig. green pictorial colth, very good copy. ¶ First edition. 2 volumes illustraqted with 6 maps. Early African exploration, some big game and hunting as well as on slave trading regions. Author also discovered a new route from Sierra Leone to the River Niger crossing Africa from west to east. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

Keywords: travel, exploration voyage Africa Afrique, Africa, Afrika adventure, adventures aventure