The Albert Nyanza, Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources viennese each one identified by donator

each one identified by donator

otherwise clean and tight copy

and hardly ever in this fresh and untorn state

He was a keen amateur naturalist

Signed by French photographer Jean Daniel Lorieux on the titlepage

The Albert Nyanza, Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources viennese each one identified by donatorLondon & Philadelphia: Macmillan Lippincott, 1866. First single volume edition. 8vo (9 x 6 ins); pp xxvi + 509. Portrait frontispiece plus six engraved and plates and numerous illustrations in the text. Two coloured maps at the back, one of which is folded. Folding map has a repaired tear across one corner. Original cloth boards with embossed gilt illustrations of canoeist in front of a setting (or rising) sun to front board, gilt lettering to spine,