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MONTEIRO, Joachim John. Angola and The River Congo.
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1876. First U.S. edition. (first published London: 1875 in two volumes). 8vo., original green cloth with a small pictorial decoration in black on the upper cover, xii, 354, (2)pp. ads. With illustrations. Small stamp on the top of the first page of text, bookplate otherwise a near fine copy.
"The following description of the country between the River Zaire or Congo, and Mossamedes or Little Fish Bay, comprising ten degrees of latitude, is the result of many years of travel in and exploration of that part of the coast. My aim has been to present an accurate and truthful account of its more striking features and productions, and of the manners and customs of the various tribes which inhabit it. .."