£500
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair | 683
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Dahomey and the Dahomans. 1851. First edition, 2 volumes 8vo, 13 plates (7 hand-coloured), late 19th century green half morocco, t.e.g., slightly rubbed; Denham, Major, Capt. Clapperton and Dr. Oudney Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa. London, 1828, Third edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 12 engraved plates and 3 engraved maps, contemporary green calf gilt, plates spotted, some loss to head of spines; Hutton, William Nouveau voyage dans l'interieur de l'Afrique. Paris: Persan, 1823. First French edition, 8vo, 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates, folding map, original quarter calf, head of spine rubbed; Wilson, J. Leighton Western Africa: its History, Condition and Prospects. New York, 1856. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original brown embossed cloth, rubbed (5)
Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair