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THE MOST DESIRABLE EDITION.
MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA; INCLUDING A SKETCH OF SIXTEEN YEARS' RESIDENCE IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA, AND A JOURNEY FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TO LOADA ON THE WEST COAST; THENCE ACROSS THE CONTINENT, DOWN THE RIVER ZAMBESI, TO THE EASTERN OCEAN.
1857, London, John Murray, first edition, folding colour lithographic frontispiece, two other colour lithographic illustrations, two folding maps, one folding illustration, other wood engraved illustrations, complete, half green morocco over marbled boards, gilt decoration in compartments, red label.
The colour frontispiece and lithographs indicate that this is one of the earliest issues of the first edition, and in my opinion the most desirable. [Printing and the Mind of Man 341].