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Deveraux, W. Cope
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- A Cruise in the Gorgon or Eighteen Months on H.M.S. Gorgon...Including a Trip up the Zambesi. London: Bell and Daldy, 1869
- Paper, ink, leather
8vo. Folding colored map. Original blind-stamped blue cloth with gilt spine title; trace of foxing to fore-edge. Slipcase.
Provenance
Franklin Brooke-Hitching (initials, his sale Sotheby's, Mar 19, 2015, lot 991)
Literature
Czech (Africa) p.48
Catalogue Note
FIRST EDITION, THE BROOKE-HITCHING COPY. "The Gorgon was a paddle-wheel sloop dispatched to the east coast of Africa to stop the illegal slave trade in the region. The vessel made its way up the Zambesi to meet the famous missionary explorer David Livingstone” (Czech).