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Title(s)
Travels to discover the source of the Nile : in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 ... / by James Bruce of Kinnaird ...
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Published/Created
Edinburgh : Printed by J. Ruthven, for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790.
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Physical Description
5 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 30 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DT377 B88 1790+ Copy 2 Oversize
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DT377 B88 1790+ Copy 1 Oversize
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 formerly owned by James Bruce.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 was a presentation copy to Queen Charlotte, belonged to William Beckford, and has the bookplate of H.C. Drayton & J.R. Abbey.
Some plates engraved by James Heath; after Luigi Balugani and James Bruce. Maps in v. 5 engraved by John Walker.
Title vignettes.
Vol. 5 has title: Select specimens of natural history, collected in travels to discover the source of the Nile, in Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, and Nubia ... -
Subject Terms
Beckford, William, 1760–1844 -- Provenance. | Bruce, James, 1730–1794 -- Bookplate. | Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744–1818. | Drayton, H. C. -- Bookplate. | Egypt -- Description and travel. | Ethiopia -- Description and travel. | Ethiopia -- History. | Natural history -- Ethiopia. | Nile River.
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