Mungo Park. TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA: PERFORMED UNDER THE DIRECTION AND PATRONAGE OF THE AFRICAN ASSOCIATION, IN THE YEARS 1795, 1796, AND 1797. London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for the author, 1799. Second edition. Speckled calf with gilt fillet, re-backed with original gilt-stamped backstrip with morocco labels laid down, with marbled endpapers. 4to; xxviii, 372, xcii, [6]pp. With half-title, portrait frontispiece, list of subscribers, appendix with geographical illustrations by Major Rennell, (3) folding maps, (5) plates, and (2) pages of music at the end.

Lot also includes:

Mungo Park. THE JOURNAL OF A MISSION TO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA, IN THE YEAR 1805...TOGETHER WITH OTHER DOCUMENTS, OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE, RELATING TO THE SAME MISSION. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MR. PARK. London: Printed for John Murray, by W. Bulmer and Co., 1815. Speckled calf with gilt fillet, re-backed with original gilt-stamped backstrip with morocco labels laid down, with marbled endpapers. 4to; [12], cxxx, [2], 219, [1], xxvii. With half-title and folding map.

10 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. each

Mungo Park was an explorer from Scotland whose book, Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, became a best-seller. He first traveled to West Africa in 1795. He died during his second and last journey, the focus of the journal.

A very good (2) volume set; boards with expected age wear including rubbed and bumped corners, edgewear, and some scratches and scuffs; paste-downs with small area of wear; Travels with writing on free endpapers, half-title extended, title page with small area of repair, repair at inner margin of xxviii; first (2) folding maps with repairs (most expertly done), and additionally, the first with chipping to outer edge, the second stabilized in its entirety on stiffer paper; first plate with horizontal crease, one leaf with 1-in. tear at margin, and final page of music with corner tear; Journal lacking a rear free endpaper; pages with light toning, scattered foxing, and occasional offsetting, small mark/stain, light grime, and marginalia, with the leaves in both volumes overall extremely clean and crisp.