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LEADER: 03394cam 2200565Ia 4500
005 20060410011637.0
008 720209s1790 stkabf b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 05008161
019 $a23637891
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm00236884
040 $aKSU$cKSU$dEYM$dOCL$dOCLCQ$dSMI
043 $af-ua---$afl-----
049 $aSNI1$nljbd 03/28/06. Recat Cullman copy, add Train oopy.
090 $aDT377$b.B887 1790
099 $aDT377.B887
100 1 $aBruce, James,$d1730-1794.
245 10 $aTravels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 :$bin five volumes /$cby James Bruce of Kinnaird.
246 1 $iBinder's title:$aBruce's Travels$5DSI
260 $aEdinburgh :$bPrinted by J. Ruthven, for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, London,$c1790.
300 $a5 v., [62] leaves of plates (3 folded) :$bill. (engravings), maps, plans ;$c33 cm. (4to)
500 $aVol. 5, has added half title: Appendix; v.5 has title: "Select specimens of natural history, collected in travels to discover the source of the Nile, in Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, and Nubia."
500 $aPlates signed Heath sc.
500 $aEngraved title vignettes; head-pieces.
500 $aErrata: last p. of v.5.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
583 $aextracted picklist$c20081216$zBHLEX
590 $aSCNHRB has two copies.
590 $aSCNHRB c.1 (39088004294336, 39088004294344, 39088004294351, 39088004294369, 39088004294377) imperfect: lacking plates in v.2.
590 $aSCNHRB c.1 has ink signatures of Walter Ferson (?) and H. Friedmann and dated Sept. 12, 1901 on front free enpapers; t.p.'s stamped: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Jul 12 1932 C 291293-7.
590 $aSCNHRB c.1 has ms. "List of plates", [1] leaf bound-in at end of v.5.
590 $aSCNHRB c.1 half bound in recent brown cloth and calf; original bookseller's label: Hookham and Carpentar in v.1.
590 $aSCNHRB c.2 (39088012040531, 39088012040572, 39088012040614, 39088012040655, 39088012040697) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. The Russell E. Train Africana Collection.
590 $aSCNHRB c.2 does not have the errata at end of v.5.
590 $aSCNHRB c.2 in tree calf binding with gilt rolls, yellow edges; gilt decorated spine with raised bands, title in gilt within red and green spine labels; marbled endpapers. Laid-in is slip: with compliments and thanks from Period Book Binders, Bath.
600 10 $aBruce, James,$d1730-1794.
650 0 $aNatural history$zEthiopia.
650 0 $aExplorers$zAfrica$vBiography.
651 0 $aEthiopia$xAntiquities.
651 0 $aEthiopia$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aEthiopia$xHistory.
651 0 $aNile River.
651 0 $aEgypt$xDescription and travel.
710 2 $aRussell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries)$5DSI
740 01 $aSelect specimens of natural history, collected in travels to discover the source of the Nile, in Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, and Nubia.
945 $aDC 6-23-82
949 $lscnh$gscnhrb$dc.2 v. 1$i39088012040531$nlc$trare
949 $lscnh$gscnhrb$dc.2 v. 2$i39088012040572$nlc$trare
949 $lscnh$gscnhrb$dc.2 v. 3$i39088012040614$nlc$trare
949 $lscnh$gscnhrb$dc.2 v. 4$i39088012040655$nlc$trare
949 $lscnh$gscnhrb$dc.2 v. 5$i39088012040697$nlc$trare