Captain hugh clapperton (16 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: very good(-). First. Illustrations including 1 folding plate & 1 folding map (2 maps missing). 8vo, rebound in brown cloth with black leather spine label; library stamp on the title and last page; foxing throughout. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard and Carey & Lea, 1826. First American Edition.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. 4to 11.5"; 2 volumes in one, 4to (268 x 211 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 32 engraved plates (one hand-colored) , 11 in-text woodcut illustrations (2 plans) , 6 engraved maps (5 full-page, one folding). (Some occasional spotting or offsetting. ) Modern half calf over green cloth gilt, smooth spine gilt, 3 black morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges faintly marbled, marbled endsheets (chipping to lettering-piece, some small scuffs). Provenance: W. Conway (signature). FIRST EDITION of important explorations in Africa. The first volume is an official expedition to discover the course of the Niger from the starting point of Tripoli, rather than West Africa. Clapperton and Oudney were the original members of the party, to which Denham was added, but whose "arrogance, malice, and contempt for his colleagues from the start soured relations between them" (DNB). This famous "Bornu Mission" provided the earliest European report on the Central Sudan and Northern Nigeria. From the Mediterranean they reached Murzuk and Bornu on the west of Lake Chad, and eventually Sokota. Failing to ascertain the source and termination of the Niger, Denham explored Lake Chad, and Oudney and Clapperton journeyed westward to the Niger. Clapperton continued alone after Oudney's death at Murmur, reaching Sokota and rejoining Denham at Kuka. On the second expedition Clapperton had been promoted to Commander and was sent back to Sokota to open up trade with the west coast. He died in 1827, having crossed Yoruba Country and the Niger. He was survived by his "servant" Richard Lander who carried on alone. Lander brought Clapperton's journals back to England and wrote the "Life of Clapperton" which appears in this second work. Hilmy, p. 172 (Narrative). Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr. , Bloomington, Indiana. Modern calf spine backing.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First American edition. 255;104;112pp., 3 maps (two folding), one folded plate. Original quarter cloth and papercovered boards with printed paper spine label. Rebacked, slight wear to the label, old library label contemporary with the book on the front pastedown, owner's signature dated 1842, small tears on the title page, stain and old paper repair on a couple of pages, still a pleasing near very good copy. …

Zustand: Good. First edition. 4to. xlviii, 1-335, [5], 1-269, [2] pp + plates. Illustrated with 37 engraved plates: 2 b/w maps, 1 large b/w four-fold map, 33 b/w, 1 colour. Additionally, this copy has a tipped-in engraved b/w portrait of Major Denham laid on the first flyleaf(v), with a singed and sealed (broken) letter from Denham addressed to Robert Porter written on watermarked paper bound opposite. Rebacked. Gilt decorations and rulings on spine and boards. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. 8 raised ribs; five compartments. Previous owner's signature (Harrley) on the top right of title page. Slightly foxed throughout, mostly to prelims and plates. Pages have the occasional stain/water mark, but are mostly clean and bright. Binding strong with a slight flare upwards on the upper board. Boards and spine worn, bumped and frayed in the corners, rubbed, and have some water stain marks (most notable on the lower board). Overall a strong volume that is easy to read and handle. Particularly rare to have mailed correspondence with the author bound into the book. Hardcover: full leather over boards. Signed.…

Inscribed presentation copy of the most important African travel narrative at the time of its publication, with superb provenance. Presentation copies of this important work are rare with only around twenty thought to exist. Inscribed on the title-page: 'John G. Children Esq FRS / British Museum / with the author's best / wishes / D. Denham', and with the bookplate of Halstead Place, Children's home. John George Children (1777-1852) was a British natural historian who was Keeper of the Zoology Department of the British Museum from 1837 to 1840. In 1833 he was founding president of what became the Royal Entomological Society of London. He was however much more comfortable with mineralogy than zoology: he constructed a large galvanic cell with Sir Humphry Davy in 1813, conducting several experiments, and invented a method to extract silver from ore without the need for mercury in 1824. The official expedition to discover the course of the Niger from the starting point of Tripoli, rather than West Africa. Denham and Clapperton were part of the expedition led by the Scottish doctor Walter Oudney to open relations with the Fulani kingdom, whose legendary trading centre was Kano, in order to discover the source of the Niger, which was widely believed to flow into Lake Chad. Having crossed the Sahara and found no rivers entering Lake Chad, the party divided with Denham exploring the Shari River and Oudney and Clapperton (who shared a mutual loathing of Denham) proceeding to Kano. Oudney died enroute but Clapperton was received by the ruler of Kano, Mohammed Bello who, having first supplied an accurate map of the course of the Niger, later backtracked and supplied a different, more misleading, map when he realised the dangers of opening up his kingdom to foreigners. Clapperton rejoined Denham at Lake Chad and back across the Sahara. First edition; 4to (28 x 23.5 cm); presentation inscription to title, engraved frontispiece, 36 engraved plates, 1 of which hand-coloured, 6 engraved vignettes, all by Finden after the authors, large engraved folding map at rear, bookplate to paste-down, a little offsetting from plates; contemporary full green calf with joints professionally repaired, gilt rules to board borders, edges, and turn-ins, spine in six gilt compartments with gilt morocco lettering piece, all edges gilt, a touch of toning to boards, a very good copy; xlviii, 335, [iv], 269, [ii]pp. Provenance: John George Children (presentation inscription); Halstead Place (bookplate to pastedown, with shelf numbers). Gay 337; Hilmy I, 172; Lowndes I, 629; cf. Playfair, Tripoli, 154 (3rd ed.). …

Hardcover. First edition. [43] 335, 269 pages. 29 x 23 cm. Thirty-seven plates, one colored, one large fold-out map and six wood-cut vignettes. Exploration of the lower River Niger and the Guinea Coast with most of the narrative by Denham, the entire project sponsored by the British government. Dr. Oudney died at the age of 32 in 1824 of tropical fever during this exploration. Appendices of Bornou, Begharmi, Mandara and Timbuctoo Vocabulary. Plates and text generally clean, , slight toning to tile at fore-edge with signature at head, blind stamp of South African bookseller blank free front endpaper. Modern, three quarter calf and marbled boards with two red leather spine labels printed in gilt. 2 vols. in one. Near fine. …

Edition : Second edition., Contemporary full diced gilt calf with blind floral tooling along border, gilt raised spine in five compartments, single black morocco label on 2, board edges and inner dentelles gilt, marbled end papers with matching marbled edges. , Denham and Clapperton, in the company of Dr. Walter Oudney, traveled from near Tripoli, south to Lake Tchad, with excursions into the mountains west of Mourzuk in Fezzan. Dixon attempted to follow the circuit around Lake Tchad but was unsuccessful. Capt. Clapperton and Dr. Oudney journeyed west toward the Niger River, but the doctor only made it about a third of the way and died in Murmur. Capt.Clapperton continued west, but was prevented from passing beyond Sackatoo by the local Sultan. Denham and Clapperton eventually returned to Tripoli and went back to England. This book is based upon Denham's journal, with a chapter by Dr. Oudney on the excursion to the mountains west of Mourzuk. The last part by Clapperton, reports on his westward journey which includes an account of Oudney's death. The engravings, after drawings by Denham and Clapperton, are engraved by Edward Finden, one of the finest steel-engravers in England at the time., Size : 8vo. , Complete with 15 hand-coloured engraved plates 3 of which are folding maps. With profuse in-text illustrations., Volume : 2 volumes., P. Vol.1- Frontispiece, title, dedicatory, preface v-xi, contents, list of plates, introductory chapter xvii-xxxviii, p.1-321; Vol.2- Frontispiece, title, contents, p.1-413 Occasional mild foxing in plates, otherwise a very good to fine example bound in handsome contemporary gilt full calf.…

Edition : Second edition, Contemporary full gilt calf, gilt raised spine in six compartments, double black morocco labels on 2 and 3. Marbled free end papers with matching marbled edges., Denham and Clapperton, in the company of Dr. Walter Oudney, traveled from near Tripoli, south to Lake Tchad, with excursions into the mountains west of Mourzuk in Fezzan. Dixon attempted to follow the circuit around Lake Tchad but was unsuccessful. Capt. Clapperton and Dr. Oudney journeyed west toward the Niger River, but the doctor only made it about a third of the way and died in Murmur. Capt.Clapperton continued west, but was prevented from passing beyond Sackatoo by the local Sultan. Denham and Clapperton eventually returned to Tripoli and went back to England. This book is based upon Denham's journal, with a chapter by Dr. Oudney on the excursion to the mountains west of Mourzuk. The last part by Clapperton, reports on his westward journey which includes an account of Oudney's death. The engravings, after drawings by Denham and Clapperton, are engraved by Edward Finden, one of the finest steel-engravers in England at the time., Size : 8vo, Complete with three folded maps, 12 engraved plates 1 of which is coloured. , Volume : 2 volumes Occasional mild foxing otherwise a very good to fine example bound in handsome contemporary gilt full calf. …

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Bon. Edition originale. DENHAM, MAJOR DIXON - CAPTAIN HUGH CLAPPERTON AND DOCTOR OUDNEY : NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA IN THE YEARS 1822, 1823 AND 1824. LONDON (JOHN MURRAY) 1826. 2 VOL. GRAND IN-8°, 22 X 14, RELIES PLEIN VEAU CONTEMPORAIN, DOS A 5 NERFS, FILETS D'OR SUR LES PLATS ET LES FILS, ENCADREMENTS DORES SUR LES PLATS, TR. MARBREES, RELIURE ANGLAISE CONTEMPORAINE. 1 PLAT DETACHE, COIFFES UN PEU FROTTEES, COINS LEGEREMENT ENFONCES. SECONDE EDITION. LXXXVIII-321PPS; IV-413PPS. ILLUSTRE DE 3 CARTES DEPL. ET DE 12 PL. HORS-TEXTE DONT 1 EN COULEURS. PEU DE ROUSSEURS. PAYPAL : SURCOUT DE 5%. SECOND EDITION OF THE TRAVELS OF DENHAM AND CLAPPERTON FROM TRIPOLI TO LAKE TCHAD WITH EXCURSION INTO THE MOUNTAINS WEST OF MOURZOK IN FEZZAN. ILLUSTRATED WITH 12 PLATES, 1 IN COLOR, ENGRAVED AFTER THE DRAWINGS OF CLAPPERTON BY EDUARD FINDEN, 1 OF THE FINEST STEEL ENGRAVERS. HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY CALF BINDING. ONE SIDE WITH COVER DETACHED.…

in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late Dr. Oudney, extending accross the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Latitude, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Fellatah Empire. First edition. Large folding map & 38 plates (1 coloured), with 5 woodcut vignettes. 4to. Contemporary calf, decorated gilt, is rubbed and scuffed. Later calf spine is decorated gilt, but joints are beginning to split. xlviii, 335, 272pp. London, On their meeting in Edinburgh "Oudney turned Clapperton's thoughts to African discovery. Lord Bathurst, then colonial secretary, appointed Oudney consul of Bornu, and employed Clapperton to accompany him in a journey to Central Africa. Major Dixon Denham [q.v.] volunteered to accompany the travellers from Tripoli to Timbuctoo. Proceeding south from the Mediterranean early in 1822 the travellers reached Murzuk, and by way of Musfeia and Zangalia arrived at Kuka in the kingdom of Bornu, on the west of Lake Tchad. Thence after great suffering they reached Sokota. They failed to ascertain the source and termination of the Niger, but determined the positions of the kingdoms of Mandara, Bornu, and Houssa, and their chief towns; while Denham, after some other movements, explored Lake Tchad. Clapperton and Oudney journeyed westward to the Niger. At Murmur in January 1824 Oudney died and was buried by his friend. Clapperton proceeded alone to Kano, capital of Houssa, and to Sokota, the extreme point of the expedition in that direction. Although but five days' journey from the Niger, he was not allowed by the sultan to proceed westward. On 4 May he started on his return, was rejoined by Denham at Kuka, and reached Tripoli in January 1825, and England on 1 June" (DNB). This is as fine a copy as we have seen of this standard work; from the Earl of Derby's library with his bookplate. Copies are most unusual with plates printed on India paper. …

in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late Dr. Oudney, extending accross the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Latitude, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Fellatah Empire. Third edition. 2 vols. Folding map & 14 plates. 8vo. Fine contemporary half morocco, spines gilt with raised bands, marbled boards, very slightly rubbed at extremities. xvi, 472; iv, 468pp. London, On their meeting in Edinburgh "Oudney turned Clapperton's thoughts to African discovery. Lord Bathurst, then colonial secretary, appointed Oudney consul of Bornu, and employed Clapperton to accompany him in a journey to Central Africa. Major Dixon Denham [q.v.] volunteered to accompany the travellers from Tripoli to Timbuctoo. Proceeding south from the Mediterranean early in 1822 the travellers reached Murzuk, and by way of Musfeia and Zangalia arrived at Kuka in the kingdom of Bornu, on the west of Lake Tchad. Thence after great suffering they reached Sokota. They failed to ascertain the source and termination of the Niger, but determined the positions of the kingdoms of Mandara, Bornu, and Houssa, and their chief towns; while Denham, after some other movements, explored Lake Tchad. Clapperton and Oudney journeyed westward to the Niger. At Murmur in January 1824 Oudney died and was buried by his friend. Clapperton proceeded alone to Kano, capital of Houssa, and to Sokota, the extreme point of the expedition in that direction. Although but five days' journey from the Niger, he was not allowed by the sultan to proceed westward. On 4 May he started on his return, was rejoined by Denham at Kuka, and reached Tripoli in January 1825, and England on 1 June" (DNB).…

1st Edn. xlviii, 335, 269 pages, frontis + 34 engraved plates, 1 colour, 6 vignettes and large folding map some occasional spotting, the map of Bellos more so. Original full tan calf boards, later matching spine, some light rubbing to corners on the board. Denham and Clapperton and Dr Walter Oudney traveled from Benioleed to lake Tchad to Sokota, failing to ascertaion the source of the Niger. Denham spent time exploring Lake Tchad, Clapperton journeys westwards to the Niger in January 1824, Oudney died and was buried by his friends at Murmur. Clapperton journey's alone to Knao and Sokota , in May he started his return and was rejoined by Denham at Kula reaching Tripoli in January 1825.…

First edition. Large folding map & 38 plates (1 coloured), with 5 woodcut vignettes. 4to. Later half calf over marbled boards, red morocco label to spine, gilt. xlviii, 335, [iv], 272pp. London, John Murray, On their meeting in Edinburgh "Oudney turned Clapperton's thoughts to African discovery. Lord Bathurst, then colonial secretary, appointed Oudney consul of Bornu, and employed Clapperton to accompany him in a journey to Central Africa. Major Dixon Denham [q.v.] volunteered to accompany the travellers from Tripoli to Timbuctoo.   Proceeding south from the Mediterranean early in 1822 the travellers reached Murzuk, and by way of Musfeia and Zangalia arrived at Kuka in the kingdom of Bornu, on the west of Lake Tchad. Thence after great suffering they reached Sokota. They failed to ascertain the source and termination of the Niger, but determined the positions of the kingdoms of Mandara, Bornu, and Houssa, and their chief towns; while Denham, after some other movements, explored Lake Tchad. Clapperton and Oudney journeyed westward to the Niger. At Murmur in January 1824 Oudney died and was buried by his friend. Clapperton proceeded alone to Kano, capital of Houssa, and to Sokota, the extreme point of the expedition in that direction. Although but five days' journey from the Niger, he was not allowed by the sultan to proceed westward. On 4 May he started on his return, was rejoined by Denham at Kuka, and reached Tripoli in January 1825, and England on 1 June" (ODNB). …

First Edition. First edition, 4to, 2 volumes in 1; pp. x, [2], [xi]-xlviii (i.e. lxviii), 335, [1]; [4], 269, [1]; 38 engraved plates and maps (1 folding and backed with linen, 1 hand-colored), 6 wood-engraved vignettes in the text; half brown morocco over marbled cloth, rebacked, old gilt-decorated spine neatly laid down; very good, sound copy. Denham (1786-1828) made extensive and important explorations in Africa. When he accompanied Bornuese troops in an expedition against the Fellatah, they were put to utter rout and only Denham escaped with his life "after encountering dangers and deprivations, his narrative of which reads like a frenzied dream.The work, which went through several editions, has numerous illustrations from sketches by the author, together with an Appendix of Natural History, and other notes" (DNB). He was later appointed lieutenant-governor of the colony of Sierra Leone where he died of the African fever. Ibrahim-Hilmy, p. 172.…

in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late Dr. Oudney, extending accross the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Latitude, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Fellatah Empire. First edition. Large folding map & 38 plates (1 coloured), with 5 woodcut vignettes. 4to. Bound in contemporary blue calf, somewhat rubbed and scuffed, with short split to lower front joint. A little browning to plates (mainly marginal & otherwise protected by the tissue guards). Folding map somewhat foxed. xlviii, 335, 272pp. London, John Murray. On their meeting in Edinburgh "Oudney turned Clapperton's thoughts to African discovery. Lord Bathurst, then colonial secretary, appointed Oudney consul of Bornu, and employed Clapperton to accompany him in a journey to Central Africa. Major Dixon Denham [q.v.] volunteered to accompany the travellers from Tripoli to Timbuctoo. Proceeding south from the Mediterranean early in 1822 the travellers reached Murzuk, and by way of Musfeia and Zangalia arrived at Kuka in the kingdom of Bornu, on the west of Lake Tchad. Thence after great suffering they reached Sokota. They failed to ascertain the source and termination of the Niger, but determined the positions of the kingdoms of Mandara, Bornu, and Houssa, and their chief towns; while Denham, after some other movements, explored Lake Tchad. Clapperton and Oudney journeyed westward to the Niger. At Murmur in January 1824 Oudney died and was buried by his friend. Clapperton proceeded alone to Kano, capital of Houssa, and to Sokota, the extreme point of the expedition in that direction. Although but five days' journey from the Niger, he was not allowed by the sultan to proceed westward. On 4 May he started on his return, was rejoined by Denham at Kuka, and reached Tripoli in January 1825, and England on 1 June" (DNB). This is as fine a copy as we have seen of this standard work; from the Earl of Derby's library with his bookplate. Copies are most unusual with plates printed on India paper. …

in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late Dr. Oudney, extending accross the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Latitude, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Fellatah Empire. First edition. Large folding map & 37 plates, with 5 woodcut vignettes. 4to. Modern half calf, some offsetting to plates but otherwise fine. xlviii, 335, 269pp. London, John Murray, Clapperton was employed to accompany Oudney, then consul at Bornu, on an expedition into Central Africa. They departed in 1822, with Major Denham, who had volunteered to travel with them as far Timbuctoo, and eventually reached Kuka, on the western shore of Lake Chad, via Musfeia and Zangalia. Although they failed to determine the source and termination of the Niger, they were successful in locating the kingdoms of Mandara, Bornu, and Houssa, and their chief towns. Clapperton and Oudney parted company with Denham, who continued to explore Lake Chad, and travelled west toward the Niger. Despite Oudney's death in January 1824, Clapperton proceeded to Kano and Sokota, and rejoined Denham at Kuka. A fine a copy of this standard work; from Julius Jeppe's library with his bookplate. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p172.…