1875
Slave Trade ISMAILIA 1ed Africa SUDAN Egypt Illustrated African
Slavery Baker
‘Ismailia’ is a classic
work aimed to bring awareness to and suppress the slave-trade in Central
Africa. Written by Samuel Baker, this work sheds light on the horrors of slave
owners as well as describing the slave administration in Sudan. Baker was the
first Englishman to sit in a high office of the Egyptian government.
This first edition was published in
London and is filled with dozens impressive engravings and a folding map.
Item number: #24750
Price: $550
BAKER, Samuel White
Ismailia : a narrative of
the expedition to Central Africa for the suppression of the slave trade
New York: Harper &
Bros., 1875. 1st edition
Details:
· Collation:
Complete with all pages
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542
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Illustrated
with 52 impressive engravings
§ Includes two color maps (1 folding)
· References:
Blackmer 66; Howgego IV, B10; Czech, Africa
p.11;
o Czech: “While most of the narrative involves travel and military adventure,
there are several episodes of sport as well. Baker's troops bagged crocodile
and hippopotamus, depicted in several fascinating engravings. South of Regiaf,
the author bagged a pair of elephants, and attempted to collect a few more by
using both Hale's rockets and the company's fieldpiece Later, in Unyoro, he
hunted antelope and lion while natives drove the game toward a series of nets.”
· Provenance:
Handwritten – T. W. Bishop
· Language:
English
· Binding: Hardcover;
secure
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Pictorial cloth
· Size: ~9.5in X 6.25in (24cm x 15.5cm)
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