David Livingstone and the Victorian encounter with Africa
1996, Paperback Edition. London: National Portrait Gallery. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #341612
Physical description: 239 pages: ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports. ; 29 cm. Contents: David Livingstone: a brief biographical account / Tim Jeal -- Livingstone, self-help and Scotland / Angus Calder -- David Livingstone and the culture of exploration in Mid-Victorian Britain / Felix Driver -- Doctor Livingstone collects / Jeanne Cannizzo -- Fabricating Africa: Livingstone and the visual image, 1850-1874 / Tim Barringer -- David Livingstone and the worldly after-life : imperialism and nationalism in Africa / John M. MacKenzie. Subjects: Livingstone, David 1813-1873. Livingstone, David 1813-1873; Exhibitions. National Portrait Gallery (London, England); Exhibitions. Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Edinburgh, Scotland); Exhibitions.
Price: €28.00