Africa JAMES BRUCE Journey to Nubia and Abyssinia 6... Lot 48

[Africa] JAMES BRUCE Journey to Nubia and Abyssinia 6 vols. in 5 volumes (complete), in-4 contemporary basane binding. (as is, rubbing and spotting on the boards, defects to the spines, corners and headpieces, clean interior, some foxing) First edition of the French translation. Volume I to IV : Journey in Nubia and Abyssinia, undertaken to discover the sources of the Nile. During the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 1773. Translated from the English by M. Castera. Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1790-1791. viii-620 pp. with 8 plates and folding map, 784 pp. with folding map, 858 pp. with 4 plates, 752 pp. with 3 plates. Volume V in 2 volumes : Voyage en Nubie et en Abyssinie entrepris pour découvrir les sources du Nil, pendant les années 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 et 1773 et Quatre Voyages dans le pays des Hottentots et la Cafrerie en 1777, 1778, et 1779. Paris, Plassan, 1791. 328 pp. with 43 plates and folding map, clxiii pp. with 19 plates and folding map.