BOK, Africana, 1815, Mungo Park
The journal of a mission to the interior of Africa, in the year 1805 [...] to which is prefixed an account of the life of Mr Park.
London, John Murray, 1815. 4to. (10), 132, 220 pp. + one folding map.
Samtida guldornerat skinnband, ngt lagerfläckad i början och slutet, ryggen med delbeteckning ”2”. / Contemporary gilt calf, some foxing to initial and final leaves, spine numbered ”2”.
Första upplagan. / First edition.
Gay 2788. Graesse, V, p. 136. Brunet IV, p. 376. Ibrahim-Hilmy, 2, p. 93.
Wear.
Provenance
Karl Becht was a teacher at the Lundsberg School in Värmland, with geography as his main subject. He started collecting books in the early 1930s and specialised in illustrated books of voyages and travel, exploration and discoverey. ”The Karl Bech collection” was given a separate catalogue for its sale at Bukowskis in 1991.