Author: Paul B. Du Chaillu
Title: Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa
Description: London, John Murray, 1861. First edition. Cloth. A smartly rebacked first edition of Paul Du Chaillu's significant work on his explorations across Africa, which details his encounters with gorillas. Written by Paul du Chaillu, a traveller and zoologist known for being the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas. The first edition of this work, which covers anthropology and zoology whilst detailing the author's travels, including encounters with gorillas, elephants, hippopotamus and leopard, amongst others. This work particularly emphasizes Containing the ownership bookplate of educator Rex Napier Price.Bound with thirty pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.Complete with the folding map bound to the rear of the work; map is torn, with some of the edges lost and a large amount of loss to the top of the map affecting the image. The folding frontispiece of the gorilla is present, however lacking the upper half of the illustration depicting the body and head of the gorilla.Illustrated with twenty-six plates, the folding map, the remains of the folding frontispiece, and vignette engravings throughout the text. Collated, complete.A fascinating first edition. Rebacked, with the publisher's original spine and boards laid down. Externally generally smart, with the occasional mark tot he boards. Loss to the head and wear to the tail of the original spine. Extremities are a little bumped. Ownership bookplate to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd mark. Original map and folding frontispiece are both torn and with loss affecting the image. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Keywords: Africa Paul Du Chaillu Gorillas Central Africa Paul Du Chaillu Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa Rex Napier Price Not Stated


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