Bernard J Shapero : Rare Books

Travel

WISSMAN, Hermann von.

My second journey through Equatorial Africa from the Congo to the Zambesi in the years 1886 and 1887.


Chatto, London 1891. First English edition. 8vo., xiv, 326pp., frontispiece and 31 plates, folding map, illustrations in text, original tan cloth gilt, pictorial vignettes to spine and upper cover, binding a slightly worn and soiled, a very good copy.

[The author] travelled through the Belgian Congo, then on through both British and German East Africa. His narrative recounts the difficulties of his expeditions, being somewhat reminiscent of Henry Stanley's experiences. - Czech. Czech p176.

Price: £ 250
US Dollar Price: $ 380
Stock Number: 74787