The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa.
by Galton, Francis
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1853. First edition of Sir Francis Galton's account of his expedition to South West Africa. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to this spine six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and real panels within triple gilt ruling with fleuron cornerpieces and central motif stamped in blind, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Illustrated with maps, plates and woodcuts including tissue-guarded frontispiece in color. In near fine condition. Name to the pastedown. English Victorian era polymath, anthropologist, and geographer Sir Francis Galton joined the Royal Geographical Society in 1850 and soon mounted a difficult two-year expedition into then little-known South West Africa (now Namibia), accompanied by a party of nearly forty men. He compiled his findings in his Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa, published with the intent of filling in the previously unmapped areas lying between the Cape Colony and western Portuguese settlements, and extending to the interior as far as the recently discovered Lake Ngami.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 115371
- Title
- The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa.
- Author
- Galton, Francis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- Francis Galton First Edition, The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....