The Life and Explorations of David Livingston, c. 1850, traces of age

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The Life and Explorations of David Livingston, c. 1850, traces of age

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[Africa]. Set of 5 volumes: - LIVINGSTONE (David & Charles), Explorations du Zambèse et de ses affluents, et découverte des lacs Chiroua et Nyassa par David et Charles Livingstone. 1858-1864. Paris, Hachette, 1866. Large in-8 black half-chagrin, spine ribbed (period binding). Ex-libris Franck Villard. Illustrated with 4 folding maps and numerous illustrations inside and outside the text. Minor scattered foxing. - LIVINGSTONE (David). Explorations dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique Australe et voyages à travers le continent de Saint-Paul de Loanda à l'embouchure du Zambèse de 1840 à 1856. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1859. Large in-8 of [3] ff.-759-[1] pp. brown half-chagrin, spine with faux nerfs decorated, gilt edges (period binding). Ex-libris Franck Villard. Illustrated with a folding plate of the Zambezi Falls as frontispiece, a portrait, 24 plates hors texte (including 1 folding plate), numerous woodcuts in-t. and 2 folding maps in fine (the first browned). Some foxing. French first edition. - LIVINGSTONE (David). Last journal of his explorations and discoveries from 1866 to 1873, followed by Horace Waller's account of his last moments, based on the report of his faithful servants Chouma and Souzi. Translated from English [...] by Mme H. Loreau and containing 60 engravings and 4 maps. Paris, Hachette et cie, 1876. 2 vol. gd in-8, brown half-chagrin, spine ribbed, gilt edges (period binding). Spines browned, a few freckles. Ex-libris Franck Villard. - BURTON (Captain). Voyage aux grands lacs de l'Afrique Orientale. Paris, Hachette, 1862. Large in 8, brown half-chagrin, spine decorated with false nerves, gilt edges (period binding). French first edition. Engraved illustrations in and outside the text, including 2 maps. Some rare freckling. Ex-libris G.-R. Hamel. Bookplate Franck Villard.

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