Narrative of an Exploring Voyage Up to the Rivers Kwo'ra (Kuora) and Bi'nue (Binue) Commonly Known as the Niger and Tsadda in 1854

8vo [23 x 14 cm]; xvi, 456 pp, engraved frontis, engraved vignette on title page with page reference written, large folding lithographed plans of ship Pleiad (clear tape repair on verso), folding map of rivers. later half calf and marbled boards, gilt title lettering on leather spine labels, gilt decorations on spine, few words erased on margin of last page, else clean, near fine in attractively bound cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by em Work 19. 'On October 20 they reached the confluence again. Baikie had the satisfaction of knowing that he had reach a point several hundred mils higher than that previously attained. . . .[the book's] conclusion contains proposals for exploitation of his success. . . The brightest page which Baikie wrote was relegated to an appendix. This was his demonstration of the prophylactic value of quinine by the fact that not one of the Europeans on board the Pleiad died of fever'. (Lloyd - The Search for the Niger). An exciting, important and detailed description of the travels complete with appendices relating to medical, natural history, commercial, geographical, philological, ethnological matters.