£378
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 792
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Edinburgh: reproduced and printed for the Intelligence Division, War Office, by W. & A. K. Johnston, Limited, 1902-5. Lithographic map on 5 sheets, each separately titled (Cross River, Nikki, Central Nigeria, Yola, and Lake Chad), 59 x 71cm, dissected in 21 panels and laid on linen, Stanford labels with manuscript titles in purple crayon to versos, folding into purple cloth slipcase with printed label ‘Nigeria', ‘Yola’ map with unsurveyed section annotated ‘German’ in purple crayon, a few minor marks and blemishes, slipcase faded and marked
From the library of the late Robert Bogdan (1950-2023), of Boghead of Torries and Dykehead of Avochie, Aberdeenshire, geography master at Charterhouse and sometime chairman of the Scottish Castles Association.