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Verlag: John Murray, Albemarle-Street., London, 1828
Anbieter: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. . . . . Third edition. 8vo, hardcover, no dj. Volume 2. Bound in later black cloth, paper spine label reading simply "Africa". Good condition. Prev. owner's name at corner of title pg. Front & rear hinges cracked w/ front board loosening, first 4 signatures (bound groups of pgs) up to pg. 62 detached, laid in; however interior binding firm. Contents lightly & uniformly toned with just the slightest, very occasional spot of foxing, otherwise clean, unmarked; exterior quite clean, corners & spine ends not bumped. 467 pp., illus., frontispiece, 2 fold-out maps.
Verlag: Boston: Cummings, Hilliard & Co. and Carey and Lea, Philadlephia, 1826
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. First American edition. Quarter cloth with plain papered boards; paper title label on spine. Spine material chipped. Inner hinges good. Foxing. Three maps (2 fold-outs), one fold-out plate and a handful of in-text illustrations. lxiv, 255, iv, 104, plus appendix 112 p. Narratives of the British expedition to the interior and central parts of Northern Africa and the Bornu Empire in 1822-24, conducted by Dixon Denham, Dr. Walter Oudney and Hugh Clapperton.
Verlag: Cummings, Hilliard; Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, Boston, 1826
Anbieter: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Amer. ed. 3 maps (2 folding), folding plate (bound as two plates in this copy), lxiv, 255, 104, 112p. Contemporary leather. 23cm. Backstrip and cover edges heavily scuffed. First folding map wrinkled but complete. Lower corner of three text leaves torn off (substantial loss of text on one leaf). Archival tape repairs on another text leaf. Bookplates (one from an old Philadelphia institution).
Verlag: CUMMINGS, HILLIARD & CO, BOSTON, 1826
Anbieter: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. HARDBACK BOUND IN A 19TH CENTURY FULL LEATHER BINDING, COMPLETE COPY WITH 3 MAPS INCLUDING FRONTIS MAP OF WHICH TWO ARE FOLDING, TWO FULL PAGE PLATES WITH ONE FOLDING. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 64 + 255 + 104 PAGES + 122 PAGE APPENDIX. MINOR AGE REALATED RUBBING & BUMPS TO COVER, SMALL SPRINGFIELD LIBRARY COMPANY PLATE TO INNER FRONT BOARD, FRONTIS MAP IS WORN & HEAVILY CREASED WITH SOME CLOSED TEARS & OLD REPAIRS [SEE IMAGE] CHIPS TO MARGIN OF TITLE PAGE, OCCASIONAL BROWNING, MARKS OR FOXING TO PAGES, OCCASIONAL CREASE TO PAGES. EXTERNALLY THE BOOK IS VERY GOOD WITH BOARDS WELL ATTACHED, INTERNALLY SOME FAULTS & IN GOOD - VERY GOOD CONDITION. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS ARE POSTED IN A STURDY BOOK BOX.
Verlag: Cummings, Hilliard & Co, Boston, 1826
Anbieter: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First American edition. Bound with the Narrative of Captain Clapperton's Journey from Kouka to Sackatoo and an appendix; "Translations from the Arabic, of various letters and documents, brought from Bornou and Soudan by Major Denham and Captain Clapperton". With three maps (two folding, including the large map of Northern and Central Africa. Octavo contemporary full calf with a black morocco spine label. Front outer hinge cracked, but sound. Light foxing to preliminaries, plates and text block edges, else a clean, bright copy.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1826
Anbieter: Librairie Voyage et Exploration, Cerny, Frankreich
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Couverture rigide. Zustand: Bon. Edition originale. DENHAM, MAJOR DIXON - CAPTAIN HUGH CLAPPERTON AND DOCTOR OUDNEY : NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA IN THE YEARS 1822, 1823 AND 1824. LONDON (JOHN MURRAY) 1826. 2 VOL. GRAND IN-8°, 22 X 14, RELIES PLEIN VEAU CONTEMPORAIN, DOS A 5 NERFS, FILETS D'OR SUR LES PLATS ET LES FILS, ENCADREMENTS DORES SUR LES PLATS, TR. MARBREES, RELIURE ANGLAISE CONTEMPORAINE. 1 PLAT DETACHE, COIFFES UN PEU FROTTEES, COINS LEGEREMENT ENFONCES. SECONDE EDITION. LXXXVIII-321PPS; IV-413PPS. ILLUSTRE DE 3 CARTES DEPL. ET DE 12 PL. HORS-TEXTE DONT 1 EN COULEURS. PEU DE ROUSSEURS. PAYPAL : SURCOUT DE 5%. SECOND EDITION OF THE TRAVELS OF DENHAM AND CLAPPERTON FROM TRIPOLI TO LAKE TCHAD WITH EXCURSION INTO THE MOUNTAINS WEST OF MOURZOK IN FEZZAN. ILLUSTRATED WITH 12 PLATES, 1 IN COLOR, ENGRAVED AFTER THE DRAWINGS OF CLAPPERTON BY EDUARD FINDEN, 1 OF THE FINEST STEEL ENGRAVERS. HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY CALF BINDING. ONE SIDE WITH COVER DETACHED.
Verlag: London : John Murray, 1826
Anbieter: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Two volumes in one. The First Edition. Post 4to (275 mm); xlviii, (336) + (272) pp. All plates, maps, and in-text figures complete as called for, including one colour plate, the large folding map in the back, and the reduction of Bello's map. Final four plates and frontispiece foxed and the titlepage somewhat toned. Bound in full tan calf with cross-hatched sides, vertical dark stain to front board, edges rubbed, spine divided into section each with gilt motif, title label lacking. Joints tender but holding firm, head of spine rubbed, page edges and endpapers marbled. A solid copy in a contemporary binding. One of the more star-crossed African explorations of the period, largely because it was so severely marred by dissent between Clapperton and Denham, who at one juncture send home false reports that Clapperton had had a homosexual dalliance with an Arab servant. Oudney and Clapperton both suffered serious attacks from malaria, from which Oudney subsequently died. Other then illness and dissent, the journey (other than a severe desert crossing at the end) was really no worse than most. Denham and Clapperton, in the company of Dr. Walter Oudney, travelled frm Benioleed, near Tripoli, south to Lake Tchad, with excursions into the mountains west of Mourzuk in Fezzan. Dixon attempted to follow the circuit around Lake Tchad but was unsuccessful. In the meantime, Clapperton and Oudney journeyed west from the lake toward the Niger River, but the doctor died in Murmur. Clapperton continued west, but was prevented from passing beyond Sackatoo by the local Sultan. He and Denham subsequently returned to Tripoli and crossed back to England arriving in June 1825. He at once became the object of huge public interest, more so following the publication of his narrtive which detailed his travels and deprivations. This narrative is compiled primarily from Denham's journal, with a chapter by Dr. Oudney on the excursion to the mountains west of Mourzuk. A final section by Clapperton relates the westward journey from Lake Tchad to Sackatoo and includes an account of Oudney's death. Among the several appendices are translations from the Arabic of various letters and documents brought back by Denham and Clapperton, including a document relating to the death of Mungo Park; a translation from the Arabic of a geographical and historical account of the Kingdom of Tak-roor, from a larger work composed by Sultan Mohammed Bello of Hausa; vocabularies of Bornou, Begharmi, Mandara, and Timbuctoo; appendices on the zoology and botany of the regions based on samples collected by Dr. Oudney; a note on rock specimens; and a thermometrical journal kept at Kouka in Bornou. (DNB, v.5 p 791-92). Book.
Verlag: John Murray, 1828., London:, 1828
Anbieter: Jeff Weber Rare Books, Montreux, VAUD, Schweiz
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Two volumes. 8vo. xii, [4], 471, [1]; iv, 467, [1] pp. 12 engraved plates, including 2 engraved frontispieces, wood-engravings, and 4 folding maps [2 being large folding maps entitled: "Travels & Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa," and 2 more are smaller: "Lake Tchad," "A Reduction of Belleâ  s Map of Central Africa"], appendices; some offsetting from illustrations, some roughing of folded map edges, light tears along folds, lightly foxed. Original elaborate gilt and blind-stamped calf, all edges marbled; extremities rubbed. Bookplates of R. G. Lumley (1813-1884), 9th Earl of Scarbrough. Very good. SCARCE AND IMPORTANT WORK, the first edition of which was published in 1826. The engravings are complete and based after drawings by Denham and Clapperton, superbly engraved by Edward Finden, one of the finest steel-engravers in England at the time. This narrative is compiled primarily from Denhamâ  s journal, with a chapter by Dr. Oudney on the excursion to the mountains west of Mourzuk. A final section by Clapperton relates the westward journey from Lake Tchad to Sackatoo and includes an account of Oudneyâ  s death. Among the appendices are translations from the Arabic of letters and documents brought back by Denham and Clapperton, including a document relating to the death of Mungo Park. There is a translation from the Arabic of a geographical and historical account of the Kingdom of Tak-roor, from a larger work composed by Sultan Mohammed Bello of Hausa; vocabularies of Bornou, Begharmi, Mandara, and Timbuctoo; appendices on the zoology and botany of the regions based on samples collected by Dr. Oudney; a note on rock specimens; and a thermometrical journal kept at Kouka in Bornou. "Walter Oudney was appointed by Lord Bathurst, then colonial secretary, to proceed to Bornu as consul, accompanied by Hugh Clapperton. From Tripoli, early in 1822, they set out southward to Murzuk, where they were later joined by Dixon Denham, who found both men in a wretched condition. Eventually proceeding south from Murzuk on 29 November 1822, a great antipathy soon developed between Clapperton and Denham, Denham at one stage openly accusing Clapperton of having homosexual relations with one of the Arab servant boys. The accusation was almost certainly unfounded, leading the historian E W Bovill to write that "it remains difficult to recall in all the checkered (sic) history of geographic discovery. . . . a more odious man than Dixon Denham. The party eventually reached Kuka (now Kukawa in Nigeria) on 17 February 1823, having earlier become the first white men to see Lake Chad. Whilst at Kuka, Clapperton and Oudney parted company with Denham to visit the Hausa states. Denham remained behind to explore and survey the western, south and south-eastern shores of Lake Chad, and the lower courses of the rivers Waube, Logone and Shari. Clapperton and Oudney reached Bornu where they were well received by the sultan, and after remaining in the region until 14 December, they again set out for the purpose of exploring the course of the Niger River. However, only a few weeks later, Oudney died at Murmur on the road to Kano. Undeterred, Clapperton continued his journey alone through Kano to Sokoto, the capital of the Fulani Empire, where by order of Sultan Muhammed Bello he was obliged to stop, though the Niger was only a five-day journey to the west. Exhausted by his travels, he returned by way of Zaria and Katsina to Kuka, where Denham found him barely recognizable after his privations. Clapperton and Denham departed Kuka for Tripoli in August, 1824, reaching Tripoli on 26 January 1825. Their mutual antipathy unabated, they exchanged not a word during the 133 day journey. The pair continued their journey to England, arriving home to a heroesâ  welcome on 1 June 1825. An account of their travels was published in 1826 under the title Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the years 1822 - 1823 and 1824." - Wikip. Biographies: Dixon Denham was born in London. In June 1826 Denham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in December that year, promoted to lieutenant-colonel, he sailed for Sierra Leone as Superintendent of Liberated Africans. He was appointed governor of Sierra Leone in 1828 but, after administering the colony for only five weeks, died of fever at Freetown. Clapperton was born in Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He succumbed to dysentery near Sokoto, Nigeria, and died in 1827 at 38 years of age. Oudney was also Scottish, received his doctorate from Edinburgh in 1817. During his journeys he collected plant specimens. Stricken by illness, Oudney died in January 1824 in the village of Murmur, located near the town of Katagum, Nigeria (see vol. II., pp.255-6). PROVENANCE: Richard George Lumley (1813-1884), 9th Earl of Scarbrough. Edmund Lodge, The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing, London, 1877, p. 526. REFERENCES: DNB; Ibrahim-Hilmy, prince, The literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the earliest times to the year 1885 [i.e. 1887] inclusive: a bibliography comprising printed books, periodical writings. . . manuscripts. . . etc. London: Trubner and co., 1886-87, p. 172 (1826 and other editions of Denham). See: Edinburgh Review, Sept. 1826, Art. VI, pp. pp. 173-219 for a very extensive assessment of the original edition of Denham.
Verlag: Cummings, Hilliard & Co, Boston, 1826
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First American edition. 255;104;112pp., 3 maps (two folding), one folded plate. Original quarter cloth and papercovered boards with printed paper spine label. Rebacked, slight wear to the label, old library label contemporary with the book on the front pastedown, owner's signature dated 1842, small tears on the title page, stain and old paper repair on a couple of pages, still a pleasing near very good copy.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1826
Anbieter: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, USA
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Extending across the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Northern Latitude, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Fellatah Empire. xlviii, 335 + 269 [2] pp. One color plate; folding map; 36 engraved plates. 4to, modern full calf; gilt-lettered spine labels. First edition. There is a light tidemark affecting all of the plates and some of the text. Tight and sound.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1828
Anbieter: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dixon Denham (illustrator). 2nd Edition. hird edition recounting the attempt of Dixon Denham (1786-1828), Hugh Clapperton (1788-1827) and Dr Walter Oudney (1790-1824) to trace the course of the Niger river. With previous attempts to trace the Niger having ended in disaster, Denham, Clapperton and Oudney were dispatched on an expedition in 1822 to approach the river from Tripoli. A veteran of Waterloo and a friend of the Duke of Wellington, Denham was given command but treated his colleagues with such contempt that he soured relations between them from the start. After being delayed at Murzuq, the party crossed the skeleton-littered Sahara and reached Kuka (Kukawa) in the kingdom of Bornu (later Nigeria) in February 1823. Here the party separated, with Clapperton and Oudney making for Kano and Denham investigating Lake Chad. Following Oudney's death, Denham and Clapperton undertook a terrible desert crossing back to Tripoli and reached England in June 1825. Although it failed to find the Niger, the expedition opened much of north central Africa to European knowledge.'Denham, fêted in London as the hero of the expedition, and elected a fellow of the Royal Society, published his Narrative . in which he suppressed as much as possible all mention of his companions, and took the credit for some of their discoveries. Written in a lively style, and embellished with engravings of his own sketches, it became one of the classics of its genre' (ODNB).A first edition was published in 1826; this edition, the third, appeared two years later. Although the title-page and preface continues to make reference merely to 'the late Doctor Oudney', the truth was that Clapperton himself had died the previous year while being detained in the Fulani capital of Sokoto, and that Denham would soon join his erstwhile companions (although we should not call them friends), when he succumbed to malaria in June 1828 in the British colony of Sierra Leone (of which he had shortly before been appointed governor-general). Howgego C33/D18; Ibrahim Hilmy I, p. 172 large 8vo. 19th century signed 3/4 green calf and boards by Cooper Book binders of Birmingham England, joints rubbed else very good the folding large map of Africa is fine, all plates excellent and clean and bright, there are 37 engravings all based on actual drawings executed by Denham during these voyages. This is first deep English penetration of Western Africa, a landmark in exploration. Signed by Binder.
Verlag: London John Murray 1826, 1826
Anbieter: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, USA
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2 volumes. First Octavo Edition and Second edition overall. With three folding maps including a a very large folding map at the end of Vol. I, one hand-colored engraved view, and 12 other engraved plates by Finden, and with a number of illustrations in the text. 8vo, three quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt lettering to the spines. lxxxviii, 321 pp; iv, 413 pp. A handsome and well preserved copy, light age evidence, the plates and text-blocks in good order and with some occasional notes in pencil by a learned reader. SCARCE AND IMPORTANT WORK. Denham and Clapperton, in the company of Dr. Walter Oudney, traveled from Benioleed, near Tripoli, almost due south to Lake Tchad, with excursions into the mountains west of Mourzuk in Fezzan. Dixon attempted to follow the circuit around Lake Tchad but was unsuccessful. In the meantime, Clapperton and Oudney journeyed west from the lake toward the Niger River, but the doctor only made it about a third of the way and died in Murmur. Clapperton continued west, but was prevented from passing beyond Sackatoo by the local Sultan. He and Denham subsequently returned to Tripoli and crossed back to England. This narrative is compiled primarily from Denham's journal, with a chapter by Dr. Oudney on the excursion to the mountains west of Mourzuk. A final section by Clapperton relates the westward journey from Lake Tchad to Sackatoo and includes an account of Oudney's death. Among the several appendices are translations from the Arabic of various letters and documents brought back by Denham and Clapperton, including a document relating to the death of Mungo Park; a translation from the Arabic of a geographical and historical account of the Kingdom of Tak-roor, from a larger work composed by Sultan Mohammed Bello of Hausa; vocabularies of Bornou, Begharmi, Mandara, and Timbuctoo; appendices on the zoology and botany of the regions based on samples collected by Dr. Oudney; a note on rock specimens; and a thermometrical journal kept at Kouka in Bornou. The engravings, after drawings by Denham and Clapperton, are superbly engraved by Edward Finden, one of the finest steel-engravers in England at the time.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1828
Anbieter: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, USA
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Hardcover. First edition. [43] 335, 269 pages. 29 x 23 cm. Thirty-seven plates, one colored, one large fold-out map and six wood-cut vignettes. Exploration of the lower River Niger and the Guinea Coast with most of the narrative by Denham, the entire project sponsored by the British government. Dr. Oudney died at the age of 32 in 1824 of tropical fever during this exploration. Appendices of Bornou, Begharmi, Mandara and Timbuctoo Vocabulary. Plates and text generally clean, , slight toning to tile at fore-edge with signature at head, blind stamp of South African bookseller blank free front endpaper. Modern, three quarter calf and marbled boards with two red leather spine labels printed in gilt. 2 vols. in one. Near fine.
Verlag: John Murray, 1826
Anbieter: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
1st Edn. xlviii, 335, 269 pages, frontis + 34 engraved plates, 1 colour, 6 vignettes and large folding map some occasional spotting, the map of Bellos more so. Original full tan calf boards, later matching spine, some light rubbing to corners on the board. Denham and Clapperton and Dr Walter Oudney traveled from Benioleed to lake Tchad to Sokota, failing to ascertaion the source of the Niger. Denham spent time exploring Lake Tchad, Clapperton journeys westwards to the Niger in January 1824, Oudney died and was buried by his friends at Murmur. Clapperton journey's alone to Knao and Sokota , in May he started his return and was rejoined by Denham at Kula reaching Tripoli in January 1825.
Verlag: London ;- John Murray Albemarle-Street MDCCCXXVI, 1826
Anbieter: HALEWOOD AND SONS ABA ILAB Est. 1867., PRESTON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Handsome First Edition Quarto Hardback bound in 20th Century Half Calf and marbled boards. Spine with raised bands and gilt in compartments. Title-page inscribed by the author. Complete with a large folding Map and 43 tissue-guarded plates. Plates. xlviii + 335pps. + Journal of an Excursion - (270)pps. Uncut. Some foxing / browning throughout. Later endpapers. A Good Example of this Classic - Rare Signed !. Signed by Author(s).
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1826
Anbieter: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Kanada
Edition : Second edition, Contemporary full gilt calf, gilt raised spine in six compartments, double black morocco labels on 2 and 3. Marbled free end papers with matching marbled edges., Denham and Clapperton, in the company of Dr. Walter Oudney, traveled from near Tripoli, south to Lake Tchad, with excursions into the mountains west of Mourzuk in Fezzan. Dixon attempted to follow the circuit around Lake Tchad but was unsuccessful. Capt. Clapperton and Dr. Oudney journeyed west toward the Niger River, but the doctor only made it about a third of the way and died in Murmur. Capt.Clapperton continued west, but was prevented from passing beyond Sackatoo by the local Sultan. Denham and Clapperton eventually returned to Tripoli and went back to England. This book is based upon Denham's journal, with a chapter by Dr. Oudney on the excursion to the mountains west of Mourzuk. The last part by Clapperton, reports on his westward journey which includes an account of Oudney's death. The engravings, after drawings by Denham and Clapperton, are engraved by Edward Finden, one of the finest steel-engravers in England at the time., Size : 8vo, Complete with three folded maps, 12 engraved plates 1 of which is coloured. , Volume : 2 volumes Occasional mild foxing otherwise a very good to fine example bound in handsome contemporary gilt full calf.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1826
Anbieter: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late Dr. Oudney, extending accross the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Latitude, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Fellatah Empire. First edition. Large folding map & 37 plates, with 5 woodcut vignettes. 4to. Modern half calf, some offsetting to plates but otherwise fine. xlviii, 335, 269pp. London, John Murray, Clapperton was employed to accompany Oudney, then consul at Bornu, on an expedition into Central Africa. They departed in 1822, with Major Denham, who had volunteered to travel with them as far Timbuctoo, and eventually reached Kuka, on the western shore of Lake Chad, via Musfeia and Zangalia. Although they failed to determine the source and termination of the Niger, they were successful in locating the kingdoms of Mandara, Bornu, and Houssa, and their chief towns. Clapperton and Oudney parted company with Denham, who continued to explore Lake Chad, and travelled west toward the Niger. Despite Oudney's death in January 1824, Clapperton proceeded to Kano and Sokota, and rejoined Denham at Kuka. A fine a copy of this standard work; from Julius Jeppe's library with his bookplate. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p172.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1826
Anbieter: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First edition. Large folding map & 38 plates (1 coloured), with 5 woodcut vignettes. 4to. Later half calf over marbled boards, red morocco label to spine, gilt. xlviii, 335, [iv], 272pp. London, John Murray, On their meeting in Edinburgh ?Oudney turned Clapperton's thoughts to African discovery. Lord Bathurst, then colonial secretary, appointed Oudney consul of Bornu, and employed Clapperton to accompany him in a journey to Central Africa. Major Dixon Denham [q.v.] volunteered to accompany the travellers from Tripoli to Timbuctoo. Proceeding south from the Mediterranean early in 1822 the travellers reached Murzuk, and by way of Musfeia and Zangalia arrived at Kuka in the kingdom of Bornu, on the west of Lake Tchad. Thence after great suffering they reached Sokota. They failed to ascertain the source and termination of the Niger, but determined the positions of the kingdoms of Mandara, Bornu, and Houssa, and their chief towns; while Denham, after some other movements, explored Lake Tchad. Clapperton and Oudney journeyed westward to the Niger. At Murmur in January 1824 Oudney died and was buried by his friend. Clapperton proceeded alone to Kano, capital of Houssa, and to Sokota, the extreme point of the expedition in that direction. Although but five days' journey from the Niger, he was not allowed by the sultan to proceed westward. On 4 May he started on his return, was rejoined by Denham at Kuka, and reached Tripoli in January 1825, and England on 1 June? (ODNB).
Verlag: John Murray, London
Anbieter: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
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Hard Cover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 1826. First edition, 4to, bound with the Narrative of Captain Clapperton's Journey from Kouka to Sackatoo; pp. x, [2], [xi]-xlviii (i.e. lxviii), 335, [1]; [4], 269, [1]; 38 engraved plates and maps (1 folding, 1 hand-colored), 6 wood-engraved vignettes in the text. Modern half brown morocco over marbled cloth by Tamara Hennesey. Occasional light foxing to the peripheries of the plates and to the large folding map, else a fine copy with fragments of the original spine bound in at the end.
Verlag: John Murray. c. 1826, London, 1826
Anbieter: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Kanada
Edition : Second edition., Contemporary full diced gilt calf with blind floral tooling along border, gilt raised spine in five compartments, single black morocco label on 2, board edges and inner dentelles gilt, marbled end papers with matching marbled edges. , Denham and Clapperton, in the company of Dr. Walter Oudney, traveled from near Tripoli, south to Lake Tchad, with excursions into the mountains west of Mourzuk in Fezzan. Dixon attempted to follow the circuit around Lake Tchad but was unsuccessful. Capt. Clapperton and Dr. Oudney journeyed west toward the Niger River, but the doctor only made it about a third of the way and died in Murmur. Capt.Clapperton continued west, but was prevented from passing beyond Sackatoo by the local Sultan. Denham and Clapperton eventually returned to Tripoli and went back to England. This book is based upon Denham's journal, with a chapter by Dr. Oudney on the excursion to the mountains west of Mourzuk. The last part by Clapperton, reports on his westward journey which includes an account of Oudney's death. The engravings, after drawings by Denham and Clapperton, are engraved by Edward Finden, one of the finest steel-engravers in England at the time., Size : 8vo. , Complete with 15 hand-coloured engraved plates 3 of which are folding maps. With profuse in-text illustrations., Volume : 2 volumes., P. Vol.1- Frontispiece, title, dedicatory, preface v-xi, contents, list of plates, introductory chapter xvii-xxxviii, p.1-321; Vol.2- Frontispiece, title, contents, p.1-413 Occasional mild foxing in plates, otherwise a very good to fine example bound in handsome contemporary gilt full calf.