First footsteps in East Africa . or, an exploration of Harar. By Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, K.C.M.G., F.R.G.S., &c ...
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890).
Category
Books
Date
1894
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 3092337
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., . port.., col. pl., map . 8vo.. Provenance: Bookplate of the 'Garton' Loughton Free Library. Volume 1 inscribed in ink on verso of front free-endpaper: 'Alda Hoare / The Cottage, Stourhead / Wilts / March 18th 1903'. Cutting from a bookseller's catalogue detailing a set of the seven volumes of the 'Memorial edition' (at 21/-) used as a bookmark (p. 9). Entered in 1906 typescript Stourhead Library catalogue, p.91, A.6.. Binding: Publisher's black cloth, gold-block, gold-lettered spine. Volume 2: Frontispiece loose.
Makers and roles
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). Isabel Arundell, Lady Burton (1831-1896) John Hanning Speke (1827-1864)