Lepetit

New illustrated edition, after the original published in 1790. Our edition includes the atlas volume composed of one map and twenty-two plates engraved by Tardieu l'Aîné. The first plate has been bound as frontispiece to the first text volume.
Contemporary blonde boards binding. Black paper title and volume labels. Some corners lightly bumped. Some headcaps slightly depressed. Paper uncut, as issued. Charming copy, very fresh.
The expedition of James Bruce, a Scotsman, had a stated purpose: to discover the sources of the Nile. After landing in Alexandria, he traveled across all of Ethiopia, and through the deserts of Egypt. It was near Khartoum that he located the sources of the Blue Nile. James Bruce can be considered one of the very first scientific explorers on earth: it was indeed with great rigor that he amassed precise knowledge about geography, fauna and flora, meteorology... Furthermore Le Voyage aux sources du Nil is certainly one of the finest travel narratives about Africa. The first volumes are devoted to customs, commerce, and institutions; the last volume deals with natural history.
Ex libris Château des Coudreaux (stamp)