174. LIVINGSTONE (David). Explorations dans l'intérieur de l - Lot 174

174. LIVINGSTONE (David). Explorations dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique australe et voyages à travers le continent de Saint-Paul de Loanda à l'embouchure du Zambèse de 1840 à 1856. Paris, Hachette, 1859. Large in-8, [3] f., 759 p., red half-chagrin, gilt edges. First edition of the French translation by Henriette Loreau, the English original having appeared in London in 1857. The exploratory account is illustrated with a folded plate of the Zambezi Falls as a frontispiece, a portrait after a photograph, 24 plates out of text, one of which is folded, 2 large folded maps and numerous engravings in the text. Small tear on lower headpiece, corners dulled, one map detached, some foxing, other defects minor. (Gay, 226a; Chadenat, 2681).