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Antique Rare The Nile Basin Book By Burton #1171082

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Antique Rare The Nile Basin Book By Burton #1171082
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This is a rare scarce first edition copy in its original binding of The Nile Basin by Sir Richard F. Burton ? London, Tinsley Bros 1864. The title page reads as follows: The Nile Basin. Part I. Showing Tanganyika to be Ptolemys Western lake Reservoir. A memoir read before the Royal Geographical Society, November 14, 1864. With prefatory remarks?Part II. Captain Speke?s Discovery of the Source of the Nile ? a review by James M. Queen. This fabulous book, as I mentioned, is in it original binding which is burgundy buckram (cloth) with an ornate blind stamped panel border on the cover with gold gilt décor and lettering on the spine. The book is in very good condition all things considered. There is some minute shelf wear along with rubbing and spotting here and there. This book is fabulously rare in its original binding to say nothing of its impeccable condition. Penzer p.74-75 states ?good copies are scarce?. It also states on page 74 that??Following the death of Speke, on the eve of his proposed debate with Burton concerning the source of the Nile, there was a great increase in sympathy for the unfortunate explorer. Indeed, in Speke?s obituary in the Times, he was credited with being the true discoverer of this holy grail of African adventurers. All this was too much for Burton who delivered before the Royal Geographical society the speech he had intended for his debate with Speke. This lecture is here printed for the first time, along with Queen?s highly critical remarks ...
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<tr><td>Condition:very Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1864</td></tr>






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<tr><td>Location:Northport Maine 04849</td></tr>
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