BOTELER, Thomas (1797-1929). Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia, Performed in His Majesty's Ships Leven and Barracouta, from 1821 to 1826, London, 1835, 2 vols, 8vo, 4 lithographed plates, modern calf-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. (2)

BOTELER, Thomas (1797-1929). Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia, Performed in His Majesty's Ships Leven and Barracouta, from 1821 to 1826. Under the Command of Capt. F. W. Owen, R. N. London: Richard Bentley, 1835. 2 volumes, 8vo (212 x 135mm). 4 lithographed plates (without the half title in vol. one, not called for in vol. II, plates very lightly browned). Modern calf-backed pebbled boards, spines gilt. Provenance: Andrew David. Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy (bookplate). One of the plates illustrates a "Hippopotamus Trap." FIRST EDITION of this account of a survey of the east and south-east African coastline under the command of Capt. W. F. W. Owen. Boteler was appointed second lieutenant of the Leven under Owen and later first lieutenant of the Barracouta. The expedition party travelled via Rio de Janeiro to the Cape of Good Hope to Mozambique, Madagascar, the Seychelles, the river Congo, Gabon and Sierra Leone. Hilmy I, p.84; Mendelssohn I, pp.157-8. (2)