The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration

The true first edition was published in two octavo volumes (pagination xvi, [2], 412; vi, [2], 468 pp.), illustrated with twelve chromoxylographed plates and a large engraved, tinted folding map bound at the rear of volume II. The true first issue is bound in plum-colored cloth; unsold sheets were subsequently rebound in red cloth for remainder sale, which is markedly more common on the market