Tuckey (James Kingston). Narrative of an Expedition to explore the River Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, 1st edition, John Murray 1818, folding engraved map frontispiece, 13 engraved plates of which 1 hand-coloured, pale tide-mark to lower outer corners of text, map offset, plates spotted and browned (coloured plate clean), contemporary streaked calf, rebacked to style at an early date, a few scuffs, tips worn, 4to (27 x 20.1 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: John Kirk (1832-1922), naturalist and chief assistant to David Livingstone on Livingstone’s 1858-63 Zambesi expedition, with his ownership inscription ‘John Kirk, Zambesi Exped., 1858’ to the title-page.
Tuckey (James Kingston). Narrative of an Expedition to explore the River Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, 1st edition, John Murray 1818, folding engraved map frontispiece, 13 engraved plates of which 1 hand-coloured, pale tide-mark to lower outer corners of text, map offset, plates spotted and browned (coloured plate clean), contemporary streaked calf, rebacked to style at an early date, a few scuffs, tips worn, 4to (27 x 20.1 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: John Kirk (1832-1922), naturalist and chief assistant to David Livingstone on Livingstone’s 1858-63 Zambesi expedition, with his ownership inscription ‘John Kirk, Zambesi Exped., 1858’ to the title-page.
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