Drummond, Henry (1851-1897) — Tropical Africa with Six Maps, and Illustrations

London Hodder and Stoughton Third Edition pp. x, 228. Octavo. Six very well-preserved colour maps (five foldouts in total, one comprising of two maps) accompanied by various engravings and illustrations. Original red cloth with gilt rules, lettering, and illustration to spine and front board. Cloth extremities lightly soiled (spine a little sunned), trifle worn at spine ends, tips bumped; neat period ink date and inscription to half-title page leaf; textblock otherwise clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Overall very good. ¶ Drummond’s account of his travels and observations in Africa, offering descriptions of the geography, climate, natural history, slave trade, and Indigenous peoples of the tropical regions of the continent. The work combines personal travel narrative with ethnographic and scientific commentary, illustrated with maps, engravings, and plates, providing a detailed and accessible portrait of African environments and societies as understood in the late 19th century.