Livingstone, David: A Popular Account of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa -------------------- Folding Frontispiece - Full Page Plates - Folding Map of South Africa “David Livingstone spent most of his life travelling around Africa. This book accounts his travels and researches in South Africa. He sought the source of the Nile, and was missing and presumed dead when he lost contact with his friends, colleagues, and family for six years, until 1869 when the ‘New York Herald’ sent Henry Morton Stanley to find him”. Item Description David Livingstone's account of his travels and research in South Africa. The book is illustrated with thirty-four illustrations, including folding frontispiece of Victoria Falls, full-page plates, wood-cuts engravings, and folding map of South Central Africa by John Arrowsmith, showing the Routes of the Dr. Livingstone. Published by John Murray, London, 1861. Publishers’ original red cloths boards with gilt design on upper board. Lettered in gilt to spine. Book Dimensions: 20 x 13 cm & Number of Pages: 436 + 32 of publishers list of works. Condition: Solid and well bound book. Rubbing and bumping to corners. Spine is slightly faded with wear to edges. Internally the book is in very good condition. Signature on the title page of RA Hollins (R.A. Hollins of Mansfield was a member of the Bromley House library in Nottingham). Occasional foxing, or marks to few pages. Pages are clean, and tightly held at the gutter. Inner hinges are good. The text and plates are bright.