Through the Dark Continent.

“... after an interval of twenty years... it has been thought desirable by the publishers that I should employ the opportunity of reviewing a few of the amazing changes that have taken place in the regions described in the book.” [From the author’s new Preface]. With over 300 porters Stanley’s was the “largest African expedition ever seen.” [ODNB] The descent of the Congo, and the “solving of the remaining mysteries of Arfican geography” ensured the lasting fame of this, “one of the most celebrated of all African expeditions of the nineteenth century.” However, Stanley was heavily criticized for the “ruthless way in which he had conducted the expedition, and for the considerable loss of life it had incurred.” [Howgego]

Two volumes, 4to. Publisher’s red pictorial cloth Frontispiece to each and thirty-two other plates, one folding & six full-page maps, numerous illustrations to the text. Light browning, scattered foxing, spines sunned, modern bookplates of the biologist Philip S. Corbet to the pastedowns, cloth overall a little rubbed, but a very good set.