Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa

John Petherick, Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa, with Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Regions of the Equator, Being Sketches from Sixteen Years’ Travel. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. xii, 482 pages. Hardbound (full leather) first edition carrying the bookplate of the Edinburgh Angus Club indicating this was a prize volume given to a student in Latin. Folding map. Generally a quite attractive copy with raised hubs, gold embossing indicating this is a prize item, and tight internally. Foxing to endpapers front and rear. A rarity among early volumes on African exploration missing from many collections. $600.