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Author/Creator:Bruce, James, 1730-1794.
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Title:Travels to discover the source of the Nile : in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 ... / by James Bruce of Kinnaird ...
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Published/Created:Edinburgh : Printed by J. Ruthven, for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790.
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Physical Description:5 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 30 cm.
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Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center copy 1 formerly owned by James Bruce.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 was a presentation copy to Queen Charlotte, belonged to William Beckford, and has the bookplate of H.C. Drayton & J.R. Abbey.
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Notes:Some plates engraved by James Heath; after Luigi Balugani and James Bruce. Maps in v. 5 engraved by John Walker.
Title vignettes.
Vol. 5 has title: Select specimens of natural history, collected in travels to discover the source of the Nile, in Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, and Nubia ...
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Variant and related titles:Select specimens of natural history.
- Format:Book
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Subjects:Natural history--Ethiopia.
Ethiopia--Description and travel.
Ethiopia--History.
Nile River.
Egypt--Description and travel.
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Subjects (Local Yale):Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818.
Beckford, William, 1760-1844--Provenance.
Drayton, H. C.--Bookplate.
Bruce, James, 1730-1794--Bookplate.
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Also listed under:Heath, James, 1757-1834, engraver.
Walker, John, 1759-1830, engraver.
Balugani, Luigi, 1737-1771, ill.
Bruce, James, 1730-1794, ill.
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