Burton, Richard F.
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 January 2012 at 11:00 GMT
£1,188
Description
A mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, half titles, frontispieces, original burgundy cloth gilt, some fading to backstrips, corners bumped, volume I replacement endpapers, library label to front fixed endpaper of volume II, some light spotting to edges
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of the late R. Campbell-Hewson, specialist bookseller in Africana.