Book Description

First edition. 4to. 2 parts in one. pp. [i], xxii, [1, part title], 901; 32 plates inc. one folding and one coloured, illusts. to text, two folding maps in pocket at rear; minor occasional foxing, else near-fine in the original decorated cloth, t.e.g., in the original dust-wrapper. With loosely inserted a letter from expedition leader Emin to Frère Oscar, dated Bukoba, Victoria Nyassa, 1 Februar 1891.
Dealer Notes
Stuhlmann (1863-1928) was a German naturalist who in 1890 joined the Emin Pasha expedition. His account of the expedition is “acclaimed by some to be the finest scientific work on Africa ever published” (Howgego, Encyclopedia of Exploration IV.S81), here with the original dust-wrapper and an original letter from Emin Pasha.
Author Stuhlmann, Franz.
Date 1894
Publisher Berlin: Dietrich Reimer
Condition Very good.

Price: £1500.00

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