BAINES (Thomas).

Explorations in South-West Africa.

A BEAUTIFUL COPY

Being an Account of a Journey in the Years 1861 and 1862 from Walvisch bay, on the Western Coast, to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls.First edition. 3 folding maps, chromolithograph frontispiece & 8 other plates, with further illustrations in the text. 8vo. Fine original blind-stamped green cloth, spine gilt, headcap expertly repaired, bookplate to front pastedown. xiv, 535pp. London, 1864.

£2,500.00

Baines was appointed official artist to the Zambesi expedition in 1858 and travelled into the interior with Dr. Livingstone before leaving in 1861 to return to Cape Town. Following a severe illness, Baines set out himself to travel from the Western Coast to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls. Mendelssohn I, p69-70; Hosken, p9.

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