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Bruce of Kinnaird, James . Travels to Discove

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Bruce of Kinnaird, James . Travels to Discove
Bruce of Kinnaird, James . Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 - in 6 Volumes. RARE DUBLIN IMPRINT: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. Mis-matched bindings with occasional foxing. 61 total (of 62 plates) with 54 engraved plates, 4 folding maps and 3 folding battle plans as follows: Volume 1) 1790 Printed by William Sleater for P. Wogan & others. Half-title, title, 2 leaves of Contents, viii Dedication, lxxx Introduction, 381pp. with 6 engraved plates. Bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, 2 black leather spine labels intact, front cover detached, back cover starting, upper portion of backstrip lacking, lower portion of backstrip starting. Binding tight. 2) 1791, Printed for P. Wogan and others. Title, 3 leaves of Contents, 592pp, with 2 (of 3) engraved plates (lacks #7). Bound in full leather with red & brown spine labels (2). Front cover detached, back cover hinge taped, book in 2 pieces with split binding. 3) 1791, Printed by William Porter for P. Wogan and others. Title, 2 leaves of Contents, 687pp, with 1 folding map & 2 plates. Bound in full leather with library cloth backstrip, hinges taped, binding tight. 4) 1791, Printed for P. Wogan and others. Title, 3 leaves of Contents, 777pp, with 3 folding battle plans and 1 plate. Bound in full leather with red & black leather spine labels (2). Front cover detached, back cover starting, book in 2 pieces with split binding. 5) 1791, Printed by Graisberry and Campbell for P. Wogan and others. Title, 3 leaves of Contents, 496pp, with zero plates/maps. Bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, black leather spine label, front hinge taped, back cover starting, binding tight. Includes The Register of the Barometer and Thermometer in Absyssinia, 1770. 6) SELECT SPECIMENS OF NATURAL HISTORY. COLLECTED IN TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE, IN EGYPT, ARABIA, ABSYSSINIA AND NUBIA. 1790, Printed by Zachariah Jackson for P. Wogan and others. xxiv, 286pp, [13 Index], [3 list of plates] with 43 plates (37 called for) and 3 folding maps. Bound in full leather, with library cloth backstrip, with portions of original backstrip & 2 labels laid over. Hinges taped, binding tight, the first map is in 2 pieces (all pieces present), 2nd map has tears/paper repairs, 3rd map has a small crease tear