TRAVEL BURTON RICHARD FRANCIS Sir First Footsteps in East A

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BURTON, RICHARD FRANCIS, Sir. First Footsteps in East Africa. 4 hand-colored lithographed plates; 2 engraved maps. Half-title. 8vo, contemporary tan calf gilt with olive morocco spine label, spine and cover edges rubbed, few minor stains on front cover; contemporary owner's inscription on front flyleaf, half-title foxed, contents otherwise clean; bookplates. London, 1856

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first edition of Burton's first book on Africa, describing his first efforts to locate the source of the Nile. Without Appendix IV as usual, which was to have dealt with the prevalence of female genital mutilation in East Africa. Penzer, page 60-63.