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Lot 173
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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[EXPLORATION -- AFRICA]. PEKE, John Hanning (1827-1864), James Augustus GRANT (1827-1892), and Daniel OLIVER, editor (1830-1916). Botany of the Speke and Grant Expedition. London: Taylor and Francis, 1872.
4to (287 x 221 mm). Color tinted lithographic folding map by W. and A. K. Johnson, 136 lithographed plates. (Some light mostly marginal spotting.) Contemporary half calf (lower hinge and portion of spine repaired, upper hinge starting, some light wear). Provenance: F. Watson (binder's ticket); W? R? R. Cheyne Esq. (presentation inscription); lime tree and sycamore leaves tipped to front pastedown and front free endpaper captioned "Matlock Bank 1880."
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GRANT: "W.? R.? R. Cheyne Equ. with kind regards from J. A. Grant. 13 June 1872 late Bengal." With plates after W. H. Fitch, who "remains the most outstanding botanical artist of his day in Europe" (Blunt, The Art of Botanical Illustration). Nissen BBI 1468; Stafleu & Cowan 7057.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
This lot is located in Chicago.