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London: John Murray, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vol. 8vo. [3], iv-xvi, [1], 2-360, [2]; [3], iv-vii, [2], 2-346 pp. Half bound (by Palmer & Howe) in contemporary smooth maroon calf over pebbled maroon cloth, edges of cloth ruled in gilt, spine in five compartments with two green morocco labels lettered in gilt; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers, and pastedowns. Volume one illustrated by a frontispiece portrait of David Livingstone, six additional plates, and several in-text illustrations. Volume two illustrated by a frontispiece and thirteen additional plates, a color fold-out map, a color pocket map, and numerous in-text illustrations. A couple of the plates in volume two are facsimiles of Livingstone's journal entries. Contemporary bookplate of Albert McGill, with his motto "Sine Fine" on each pastedown. Oxford DNB, Roberts, A.D., "David Livingstone". These are the final writings of David Livingstone, shortly before his death in 1873. He was seeking the…

Published posthumously, these journals cover Livingstone's final years of exploration and his quest to find the source of the Nile.