Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of The Niger; with a Narrative of a Voyage Down That River to its Termination.

FIRST EDITION, complete in three volumes, leather-bound, hardcovers, small octavos (15cm x 10.5cm), pp. lxiv, 272; vii, 321; vii, 354. English text. Handsomely bound in contemporary full calf, gilt ruled and tooled covers, morocco lettering-pieces, marbled page edges and endpapers, 9 illustrated plates throughout, including maps. Printed by W. Clowes. Condition: VERY GOOD. A title label lacking on the spine of volume two, otherwise a near fine set and scarce thus. Notes: First edition set of Richard and John Lander's fascinating account of their expedition to the termination of the Niger. In addition to the plates and maps, there are some illustrations within the text and a 12-page section details the stores, medicines and surgical instruments they took with them.