LANDER, Richard and John.

First edition. 3 volumes (complete set). Small 8vo. (15 x 10 cm.) 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, 5 other engraved plates (some tissue protected), 2 maps (1 folding), several in-text illustrations. Attractively bound in later half red morocco, spines lettered gilt, compartments blind ruled. All edges gilt. In excellent condition. Very tight, very clean and bright. Appear unread. Small scrape to leather of vol II., small mark to spine head vol I and mark to lower board vol III. All plates and maps as called for. Important account by brothers Richard Lemon Lander (1804-1834) and John (1806-1839). British explorers in West Africa. “(Richard) Lander... was commissioned to return to West Africa and continue tracing the course of the Niger accompanied by his brother John. In March 1830 they began tracing the course of the lower Niger from Busa to the sea, after which they explored the River Benue and the Niger Delta. They survived being kidnapped by a local ruler and eventually made their way to Bioko and then back to England. They had succeeded in tracing the course of the Niger from source to sea.”