The Source of the Nile – Richard F Burton

Published in the UK by The Folio Society, 1993

Mint, unread in slipcase. Tan boards, front and spine illustrated in black and gold with gilt lettering. Page top edge coloured tan to match the boards. Numerous monochrome plates and woodcuts throughout and loose fold-out reproduction map of The Routes between Zanzibar and the Great Lakes in Eastern Africa, 1857, 1858 & 1859.

First published in 1860 as The Lake Regions of Central Africa.

As with all Folio books, this book is of excellent production quality