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| 100 | 1 | # | $a Bruce, James |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | $a Travels To Discover The Source Of The Nile, In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. In Five Volumes. By James Bruce of Kinnaird, Esq. F.R.S. Vol. I. (-V.) |
| 246 | 3 | # | $a Select Specimens Of Natural History Collected In Travels to discover the Source of the Nile |
| 260 | # | # | $a Edinburgh: $b Printed By J. Ruthven, For G.G.J. And J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, London. $c M.DCC.XC. $c [1790] |
| 300 | # | # | $a 5 vols.; $c 297 mm. (Quarto). |
| 500 | # | # | $a Vol. I: [12], lxxxiii, [1], 535 [i.e. 543], [1] p., [8] pl. Between pages 400 and 401 there are seven pages printed in Ethiopic letter and one blank page; these are listed as a plate in the 'List Of The Plates' in Volume V. - Vol. II: [4], viii, 718 p. - Vol. III: [4], viii, 759, [1] p., [4] pl. - Vol. IV:[4], viii, 695 [i.e.701], [1] p., 3 pl. Each of the three plates is accompanied by one unpaginated leaf of explanatory text. The three plates are plans of battle-fields. - Vol. V: [4], iv, [iii-]xiv, 230, [12] p., [46] pl. (3 fold.). The three folding pl. are maps. |
| 505 | 0 | # | $a Vol. I: [Half-t., t.p., dedic.] - Introduction - Contents Of The First Volume - [Text, with pl.]. - Vol. II: [Half-t., t.p.] - [Text]. - Vol. III: [Half-t., t.p.] - Contents Of The Third Volume - [Text]. - Vol. IV: [Half-t., t.p.] - Contents Of The Fourth Volume - [Text, with pl.] - Register Of The Barometer And Thermometer in Abyssinia, 1770. - Vol. V: [Half-t., t.p.] - Contents Of The Fifth Volume - Introduction - [Text, with pl.:] Of Plants, Shrubs, And Trees; Of Quadrupeds; Of Birds - List Of The Plates In Mr. Bruce's Travels - Index [of whole work] - Errata [of whole work]. |
| 508 | # | # |
$a No plates are signed by a draughtsman; but Bruce employed Luigi Balugani to make sketches and maps. Several plates and some title-page vignettes are signed as engraved by Heath. Two of the three folding maps in Volume V are signed as engraved by J. Walker. Each plate carries the publisher's imprint of G. Robinson and the date. The publishers, 'G.G.J. and J. Robinson' are George Robinson (1736-1801), his son, George, and two brothers, John and James. The work is dedicated by the author to the King (George III). |
| 510 | 3 | # | $a P. Hulton, Luigi Balugani's drawings of African plants (1991) |
| 510 | 4 | # | $a ESTC $c T51608 |
| 510 | 3 | # | $a M. Bredin, The pale Abyssinian: a life of James Bruce (2000). |
| 520 | 2 | # |
$a A variant title is carried by the fifth volume: 'Select Specimens Of Natural History Collected In Travels to discover the Source of the Nile, In Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, and Nubia'. This volume has the half-title and running-title, 'Appendix'. The publication date of 1790 is given on the title pages and is carried by some plates in Volume V. Almost all other plates carry the publication-date of December 1 1789. Several of Bruce's drawings were presented to George III, and are in the Royal Collection at Windsor. |
| 533 | # | # | $n A microfilm version was published in 1986 (Woodbridge CT: Research Publications). |
| 561 | # | # | $a Acquired between 1790 and 1802. Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802. |
| 562 | # | # | $a Imperfect: lacks the half-titles. |
| 563 | # | # | $a 18th-century mottled calf; rebacked in 20th century, red and green morocco spine-labels lettered 'Bruce's Travels Vol I (-V) RA'. |
| 600 | 1 | 4 | $a Bruce, James |
| 600 | 1 | 4 | $a Balugani, Luigi Antonio Melchiorre |
| 653 | # | # | $a Natural history - Plants - Botany - Animals - Birds - Africa, East - Nile (River) - Blue Nile River (Ethiopia and Sudan) - Egypt - Sudan - Ethiopia - History - 18th century |
| 653 | # | # | $a British - Explorers - Expeditions - Discoveries in Geography - Africa, East - Nile (River) - Blue Nile River (Ethiopia and Sudan) - Egypt - Sudan - Ethiopia - Description and travel - History - 18th century |
| 655 | # | 4 | $a Travel literature - Maps - Great Britain - 18th century |
| 655 | # | 0 | $a Pictorial works - Great Britain - 18th century |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Robinson, George $e publisher |
| 700 | 0 | # | $a George III $e dedicatee |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Robinson, John $e publisher |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a J. Ruthven $e printer |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Heath, James $e engraver |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Walker, J. $e engraver |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Balugani, Luigi Antonio Melchiorre $e draughtsman |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Robinson, George $e publisher |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Robinson, James $e publisher |
| 852 | 8 | # | $d 1802: 7-0-03; 1821: F-4-03. |