MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years’ Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey From the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean. by Livingstone David - 1857

London: John Murray, 1857. First edition. With a black and white folding frontispiece, engraved portrait, 2 folding maps, folding cross section, and 43 black and white illustrations. 8vo, publisher's original blind decorated brown cloth, the spine lettered in gilt. x, 687 pp. plus 6 ads. A very handsome, clean copy. The cloth in excellent condition, bright and fresh. The inner hinges expertly reinforced, sympathetically and unobtrusively. Internally clean, fresh, tight and sound. An excellent copy. SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL BOOKS ON THE EXPLORATION OF AFRICA. AN IMPORTANT PMM ENTRY. This is the account of Livingstone’s first great expedition (1853-56), during which he explored the Zambesi and its Victoria Falls. One of the most important of all 19th century books on African exploration by one of the greatest explorer/missionaries of all time.
"...David Livingstone, the Scottish medical missionary, is known to history as the greatest explorer of his age and a dedicated humanitarian who devoted his life to the eradication of the African slave trade. He was a national hero to his contemporaries and time has confirmed his reputation as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of the eminent Victorians, both in his achievement and in his influence." - George Myrtle
This is a very pleasing copy.