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Creator:
Bruce, James, 1730–1794
Title(s):
Travels to discover the source of the Nile : in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773 / by James Bruce.
Edition:
Second edition, corrected and enlarged ; to which is prefixed a life of the author.
Published/Created:
Edinburgh : Printed by James Ballantyne, for Archibald Constable and Co., 1804-1805.
Physical Description:
8 v. : ill. ; 22-30 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DT377 B88 1804+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Illustrations engraved by James Heath.
"Appendix to the travels to discover the source of the Nile containing a selection of natural history": v.7, p.[107]-354.
Vol. 8 contains the plates and maps.
Preface signed: A[lexander] Murray.
BAC: British Art Center copy imperfect: lacks plate 50.
Subject Terms:
Ballantyne, James -- Printer.
Carmichael, Peter, 1940- -- Bookplate.
Constable (Archibald) and Co. -- Publisher.
Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Imprints -- 1804-1805.
Egypt -- Description and travel.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1804-1805.
Etching -- Specimens -- 1804-1805.
Ethiopia -- Description and travel.
Ethiopia -- History.
Natural history -- Ethiopia.
Nile River.
Stipple engraving -- Specimens -- 1804-1805.
Contributors:
Heath, James, 1757-1834.
Murray, Alexander, 1775-1813.
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