Mollien Bowdich T E (4 results)

Condition: Good. Volume 27. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Facsimile. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1100grams, ISBN.…

hardback, 4to, xii,378pp, folding map, light foxing on edges and endpapers, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, red cloth gilt, Very Good condition in plain glassine dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Ex-university library. Facsimile reprint of the original 1820 edition. Includes fold-out map. Boards are marked and slightly faded. Stains on rear upper edge. Leading corners, leading edges and spine ends are bumped and worn. Shelf marks on spine foot. Page block and early abstract pages are marked. Library plate on front pastedown. Label remains on FEP. Stamp on copyright page. Remaining pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW. Used.…

to the Sources of the Senegal and Gambia; performed by command of the French Government in the year 1818.First English edition, edited by T.E. Bowdich. Large folding engraved map, with stipple-engraved frontispiece and 6 further (aquatint) plates. 4to. Original paper boards, rebacked at a later date and furnished then with a new paper label. Boards worn, especially at corners and upper board detached. Uncut. xi, 379, 1ad.pp. London, Henry Colburn, In 1818 Mollien explored parts of central Africa, where he discovered the sources of both the Gambia and the Rio Grande rivers. The imminent rainy season prevented him from reaching Timbuktoo and he was forced to abandon his travels in Timbo, the capital of Futa Dschalon. He was the first to transverse Senegal and Gambia from North to South and provides useful additional information to the research of Mungo Park. Gay 2910.…