拍品 154
154
BRUCE, James. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, 1790, 5 vols., 4°, FIRST EDITION, 3 folding maps, 55 engraved plates including 4 sheets (one leaf) of Ethiopic dialects and 3 battle plans (very occasional browning and light marginal soiling), contemporary marbled half calf (rubbed). [Navari Blackmer 221] Provenance: C. Downes of Aspley House (bookplate) (5)

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BRUCE, James. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, 1790, 5 vols., 4°, FIRST EDITION, 3 folding maps, 55 engraved plates including 4 sheets (one leaf) of Ethiopic dialects and 3 battle plans (very occasional browning and light marginal soiling), contemporary marbled half calf (rubbed). [Navari Blackmer 221] Provenance: C. Downes of Aspley House (bookplate) (5)
The plates are based on drawings by Bruce and Balugani and include maps, botanical and zoological specimens, antiquities, artifacts and plans of monuments. (5)