Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo. London, Samson Low, Marston, 2 volumes in-8 (220 x 139 mm) of XIV, 261 pp. 1 woodcut plate (frontispiece) and 1 folding map for volume I; VI, 255 pp. 3 woodcut plates (including the frontispiece), 1 folding map for volume II Green percale, boards decorated in cold, smooth spine with gilt title (publisher's binding).
First edition. Sir Richard Burton (1821-90) is well known for his colourful career, chronicled in numerous books and articles, as a diplomat, explorer and ethnographer. In 1861 he was appointed consul at Fernando Po (now Bioko) in
Equatorial Guinea, where he remained for four years until his transfer to
Brazil. These volumes collect the expeditions and ethnographic observations made during his stay. In his preface, Burton writes that the "plain truth" about the African has not been told in
Britain, stating that the English occupation of West Africa has proved "a remarkable failure."
Slight wear to binding, occasional foxing, nevertheless a fine copy of this sought-after work.
Provenance: bookplate Charles Kent & Forêt de Crécy.
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