2 volumes, 8vo. 4 folding maps in rear cover pockets (a few small separations to folds, some stains to verso, otherwise fine); frontispieces, 58 plates. Original publisher's brown crocodile-patterened pictorial cloth gilt. Provenance: Jack Birchall (gift inscription). 

 

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Casati's work, describing the ten years he spent exploring Central Africa. In 1888, he escaped capture and joined Stanley's expedition; he returned to Italy in 1890. A FINE BRIGHT COPY.