DALZEL. THE HISTORY OF DAHOMY, AN INLAND KINGDOM OF AFRICA. 1793

FIRST EDITION, second issue (printed for the author, not the editor), 4to (280 x 218mm.), engraved folding map, 6 plates, list of subscribers and errata (pp.xxvii-xxxii), contemporary tree calf gilt, minor marginal loss or tears (one plate with repaired tear), scattered spotting, rebacked retaining most of original spine, repaired

"James Dalzel to George Beaton", presentation inscription on title. The list of subscribers mentions Professor Dalzel of Edinburgh, who ordered 5 copies. This volume is likely one of those copies; H. Berton Sikes, 1915, inscription in pencil free endpaper 

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