Leipzig, Otto Spamer, 1869. 8vo (19.1 x 13.7 cm). x, 300 pp.; wood-engraved, tissue-guarded frontispiece of King Theodoros with four lions; six engraved plates, 80 text illustrations (several page-sized). Original pictorial cloth. Spine with gilt title and pictorial vignettes; boards blind-stamped with floral borders, front board with large, gilt vignette. Endpapers with printed publisher's catalogue. Marbled edges.

Based on observations by numerous travellers, it was written by the German geographer and cartographer Richard Andree (1835-1912). A separate, alternate title indicates that not only it was published as a "stand-alone", but also as part of a series, Das Buch der Reisen und Entdeckungen. Neue illustrirte Bibliothek der Länder- und Volkerkunde zur Erweiterung der Kenntniss der Fremde. Africa. Rear inner joint weak. Some shelf-wear; a bit more so to spine ends, with hinges starting. Otherwise very good. Uncommon.