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French text. Atlas only. Scarce atlas to accompany the 3-volume account of Denham's explorations in West Central Africa. Denhan, Clapperton and Oudney were first Europeans to cross the Sahara Desert north to south. Includes the large (59x40 cm) engraved folding map. weight: 1.8 lb. Very good, light wear to corners and spine ends, spine label chipped, occasional foxing. Translated by Eyries et de Larenaudiere . 14 plates with illustrations, 4 full page maps, one large folding map. 35.5x26.5x1.5 cm. [4] pages plus plates Folio. Hardcover. Old marbled boards, gilt spine title on red label.

2 vols, 8vo, I: pp. xii, [4], 471, [1]; II: pp. iv, 467, [1]; with 13 plates and 2 folding maps, illustrations in text; occasional light spotting, foxing on plates, some tears to map in vol. 1 and repair to verso; a good copy; bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards, black morocco spine labels, turquoise endpapers, edges stained red; wear to spines, corners and edges, some rubbing to covers; with occasional stamps of the Free Public Library, Richmond, Surrey.Third edition recounting the attempt of Dixon Denham (1786-1828), Hugh Clapperton (1788-1827) and Dr Walter Oudney (1790-1824) to trace the course of the Niger river. With previous attempts to trace the Niger having ended in disaster, Denham, Clapperton and Oudney were dispatched on an expedition in 1822 to approach the river from Tripoli. A veteran of Waterloo and a friend of the Duke of Wellington, Denham was given command but treated his colleagues with such contempt that he soured relations between them from the start. After being delayed at Murzuq, the party crossed the skeleton-littered Sahara and reached Kuka (Kukawa) in the kingdom of Bornu (later Nigeria) in February 1823. Here the party separated, with Clapperton and Oudney making for Kano and Denham investigating Lake Chad. Following Oudney's death, Denham and Clapperton undertook a terrible desert crossing back to Tripoli and reached England in June 1825. Although it failed to find the Niger, the expedition opened much of north central Africa to European knowledge.'Denham, fêted in London as the hero of the expedition, and elected a fellow of the Royal Society, published his Narrative . in which he suppressed as much as possible all mention of his companions, and took the credit for some of their discoveries. Written in a lively style, and embellished with engravings of his own sketches, it became one of the classics of its genre' (ODNB).A first edition was published in 1826; this edition, the third, appeared two years later. Although the title-page and preface continues to make reference merely to 'the late Doctor Oudney', the truth was that Clapperton himself had died the previous year while being detained in the Fulani capital of Sokoto, and that Denham would soon join his erstwhile companions (although we should not call them friends), when he succumbed to malaria in June 1828 in the British colony of Sierra Leone (of which he had shortly before been appointed governor-general). Howgego C33/D18; Ibrahim Hilmy I, p. 172 (first edition).

Two volumes. 8vo. xii, [4], 471, [1]; iv, 467, [1] pp. 12 engraved plates, including 2 engraved frontispieces, wood-engravings, and 4 folding maps [2 being large folding maps entitled: "Travels & Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa," and 2 more are smaller: "Lake Tchad," "A Reduction of Belle's Map of Central Africa"], appendices; some offsetting from illustrations, some roughing of folded map edges, light tears along folds, lightly foxed. Original elaborate gilt and blind-stamped calf, all edges marbled; extremities rubbed. Bookplates of R. G. Lumley (1813-1884), 9th Earl of Scarbrough. Very good. SCARCE AND IMPORTANT WORK, the first edition of which was published in 1826. The engravings are complete and based after drawings by Denham and Clapperton, superbly engraved by Edward Finden, one of the finest steel-engravers in England at the time. This narrative is compiled primarily from Denham's journal, with a chapter by Dr. Oudney on the excursion to the mountains west of Mourzuk. A final section by Clapperton relates the westward journey from Lake Tchad to Sackatoo and includes an account of Oudney's death. Among the appendices are translations from the Arabic of letters and documents brought back by Denham and Clapperton, including a document relating to the death of Mungo Park. There is a translation from the Arabic of a geographical and historical account of the Kingdom of Tak-roor, from a larger work composed by Sultan Mohammed Bello of Hausa; vocabularies of Bornou, Begharmi, Mandara, and Timbuctoo; appendices on the zoology and botany of the regions based on samples collected by Dr. Oudney; a note on rock specimens; and a thermometrical journal kept at Kouka in Bornou. "Walter Oudney was appointed by Lord Bathurst, then colonial secretary, to proceed to Bornu as consul, accompanied by Hugh Clapperton. From Tripoli, early in 1822, they set out southward to Murzuk, where they were later joined by Dixon Denham, who found both men in a wretched condition. Eventually proceeding south from Murzuk on 29 November 1822, a great antipathy soon developed between Clapperton and Denham, Denham at one stage openly accusing Clapperton of having homosexual relations with one of the Arab servant boys. The accusation was almost certainly unfounded, leading the historian E W Bovill to write that "it remains difficult to recall in all the checkered (sic) history of geographic discovery. . . . a more odious man than Dixon Denham. The party eventually reached Kuka (now Kukawa in Nigeria) on 17 February 1823, having earlier become the first white men to see Lake Chad. Whilst at Kuka, Clapperton and Oudney parted company with Denham to visit the Hausa states. Denham remained behind to explore and survey the western, south and south-eastern shores of Lake Chad, and the lower courses of the rivers Waube, Logone and Shari. Clapperton and Oudney reached Bornu where they were well received by the sultan, and after remaining in the region until 14 December, they again set out for the purpose of exploring the course of the Niger River. However, only a few weeks later, Oudney died at Murmur on the road to Kano. Undeterred, Clapperton continued his journey alone through Kano to Sokoto, the capital of the Fulani Empire, where by order of Sultan Muhammed Bello he was obliged to stop, though the Niger was only a five-day journey to the west. Exhausted by his travels, he returned by way of Zaria and Katsina to Kuka, where Denham found him barely recognizable after his privations. Clapperton and Denham departed Kuka for Tripoli in August, 1824, reaching Tripoli on 26 January 1825. Their mutual antipathy unabated, they exchanged not a word during the 133 day journey. The pair continued their journey to England, arriving home to a heroes' welcome on 1 June 1825. An account of their travels was published in 1826 under the title Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the years 1822 - 1823 and 1824." - Wikip. Biographies: Dixon Denham was born in London. In June 1826 Denham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in December that year, promoted to lieutenant-colonel, he sailed for Sierra Leone as Superintendent of Liberated Africans. He was appointed governor of Sierra Leone in 1828 but, after administering the colony for only five weeks, died of fever at Freetown. Clapperton was born in Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He succumbed to dysentery near Sokoto, Nigeria, and died in 1827 at 38 years of age. Oudney was also Scottish, received his doctorate from Edinburgh in 1817. During his journeys he collected plant specimens. Stricken by illness, Oudney died in January 1824 in the village of Murmur, located near the town of Katagum, Nigeria (see vol. II., pp.255-6). PROVENANCE: Richard George Lumley (1813-1884), 9th Earl of Scarbrough. Edmund Lodge, The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing, London, 1877, p. 526. REFERENCES: DNB; Ibrahim-Hilmy, prince, The literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the earliest times to the year 1885 [i.e. 1887] inclusive: a bibliography comprising printed books, periodical writings. . . manuscripts. . . etc. London: Trubner and co., 1886-87, p. 172 (1826 and other editions of Denham). See: Edinburgh Review, Sept. 1826, Art. VI, pp. pp. 173-219 for a very extensive assessment of the original edition of Denham.

Couverture rigide. Arthus Bertrand | Paris 1826 | 13.8 x 22.7 cm | 4 volumes reliés | Édition originale de la traduction française de cette célèbre relation. Notre exemplaire est bien complet de son volume d'atlas qui comporte 19 planches et cartes. Pour les trois volumes de texte : reliures en demi chagrin vert bouteille, dos lisses ornés de filets dorés et de larges filets noirs, frises dorées en têtes et en queues, petits frottements sur le dos du premier volume, plats de papier marbré, gardes et contreplats de papier à la cuve, couvertures conservées, non rognés. Le volume d'atlas, aux couvertures également conservées, est en reliure moderne à l'imitation des volumes de texte. Roussseurs, les mors du premier volume sont fendus en tête en pied pour le plat supérieur. Les planches représentent des indigènes, vues, armes, ustensiles, etc. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition of the French translation of this celebrated travel account.Our copy is complete with the accompanying atlas volume, which includes 19 plates and maps.The three text volumes are bound in bottle-green half shagreen, smooth spines with gilt fillets and broad black rules, gilt ornamental rolls at head and foot of spines, minor rubbing to the spine of the first volume, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, original wrappers preserved, edges untrimmed.The atlas volume, also preserving its original wrappers, is bound in a modern pastiche binding in the style of the text volumes.Some foxing; joints of the first volume are split at head and tail of upper board.The plates depict indigenous peoples, landscapes, weapons, utensils, and more. * 3 vol. in-8 ; 1 atlas in-4 ; Texte : 1) 2 ff.n.ch., 366 pp., 1 f.n.ch. - 2) 2 ff.n.ch., 378 pp., 1 f.n.ch. - 3) 2 ff.n.ch. et 428 pp. - Atlas : 2 ff.n.ch. pour le titre et la table, et 19 planches et cartes.

3 Bände und Atlasband in zus. 4 Bänden. 8° und 4° (Atlas). Mit 18 (von 19) Tafeln in Lithographie und Kupferstich (Atlas). 366; 378; 426 Seiten. Halblederband (Atlas) und Halbleinenbände der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung - Demi-reliure plein veau et demi-reliure en toile de l'époque. - Einband etwas berieben, Kapitale bestoßen, innen teils etwas gebräunt bzw. stockfleckig, insgesamt gut erhaltenes Exemplar. ERSTE FRANZÖSISCHE AUSGABE DES EXPEDITIONSBERICHTS, aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Eyriès und de Larenaudière. Die Tafeln des Atlasbandes zeigen den Sultan von Bornu, die Leibwache, Frauentrachten, Waffen und Geräte. - Die englische Expedition verließ Tripolis unter dem Schutz des Bey und erkundete diesen damals wenig bekannten Teil Afrikas bis zum Tschadsee. Die Reise war besonders abenteuerlich, aber auch wissenschaftlich fruchtbar. Am Schluß des dritten Bandes mit einem Essay über die Sprache von Bornu, die Vokabeln der Sprachen Timbuktu, Mandara und Begharni, von Klaproth. - "Dixon Denham (1786-1828) war ein britischer Afrikaforscher und Statthalter von Sierra Leone. 1821 erhielt er die Erlaubnis, sich einer Expedition von Hugh Clapperton (1788-1827) und Walter Oudney (1790-1824) ins Innere von Afrika anzuschließen. Die Reisenden brachen im Februar 1822 von Tripolis nach Mursuk in Fessan auf und erreichten am 4. November den Tschadsee. Denham bestimmte die Lage dieses Sees und begab sich dann nach Kuka, der Residenz des Sultans von Bornu. Er begleitete diesen auf einem Kriegszug gegen die Fulbe, wurde selbst dabei gefangen genommen, konnte aber fliehen. Er kehrte mit der geschlagenen Armee nach Bornu zurück. 1824 reiste er zu der im Süden des Tschadsees gelegenen Mündung des Schari, konnte aber nicht weiter. Er traf wieder mit Clapperton zusammen und ging mit diesem nach Sokoto. Im April 1824 kehrte Denham über Tripolis nach Italien, Frankreich und England zurück. - Der schottische Afrikaforscher Hugh Clapperton (1788-1827) begab sich in jungen Jahren in die Dienste der britischen Marine und begleitete 1821 den von John Barrow entsandten Walter Oudney gemeinsam mit Leutnant Dixon Denham nach Afrika. Sie gelangten auf ihrem beschwerlichen Weg bis nach Bornu, dann ging Denham allein nach Baguirmi und Mandara. Clapperton suchte mit Oudney den Tschadsee und drang nach dem Tod seines Begleiters westlich bis nach Sokoto vor. Mit Denham kehrte er 1825 nach England zurück" . Sprache: französisch.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Bon état. 3 volumes in-8 et un atlas grand in-4. Texte : Plein basane fauve marbrée, dos lisse, caissons ornés, 366- 378- 428 pp. Rares rousseurs. Etui. Atlas : cart. ép., titre, expl. des planches, 19 pl. dont 5 carte, la dernière repl. Rousseurs, hum. à partir de la 13 pl. Bon exemplaire. Edition originale française de cette première description du Soudan et du lac Tchad par des Européens. in-4°.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Bon. Edition originale. [1826]. 3 vol. in-8° et 1 atlas in-4° ; (2)-366 pp.-(1)/(2)-378 pp.-(1)/(2)-428 pp., l atlas se compose ainsi : (2)-19 pl. et cartes h.-t. [1-19], demi-velin dos lisse très joliment orné, p. de titre et de tomaison en maroquin noir, filets or, palette or, rel. de l époque [atlas en demi-veau], bon exemplaire. Bruel, l A. E. F., 1292. Gay, 337. Édition originale de la traduction française. First french edition. Good copy.