Henri M. Stanley / H. Loreau - Comment j'ai retrouvé Livingstone. Voyages, aventures et découvertes dans le centre de l'Afrique - 1874

Illustrated edition of this great 19th-century exploration classic, 'How I Found Livingstone (1870-1871),' by journalist and explorer Stanley.

Translated work from English with the author's permission by Mrs. H. Loreau. Containing 60 engravings and 6 maps.

Vintage half-blue night leather binding signed by Vigneau on the front cover, with an ornate spine featuring raised bands, compartments, and a title in gold tooling. The covers are made of stamped percalines with cold-stamped borders. The edges are gilded.
In good condition. Jaws and caps slightly rubbed. Interior well preserved, fresh and clean paper lightly yellowed, with no foxing or very rare. Folded cards slightly browned at the margins. A fine copy, rare in this condition.

In 1869, the editor-in-chief of the New York Herald sent Henry Morton Stanley to Central Africa, with the mission of finding David Livingstone, who had gone in search of the source of the Nile and had been missing since 1866. It took him many months to locate the famous explorer. Departing from Zanzibar in January 1871, he reached the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, where on November 10, 1871, he found Livingstone ill and short of supplies. This event is a classic in the history of exploration.

Henri M. Stanley / H. Loreau

How I found Livingstone. Journeys, adventures, and discoveries in the heart of Africa.

Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1874

In-8, 591 pages.