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FILIPPI, FILIPPO DE. Ruwenzori. An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1908. First U.S. edition. Publisher's red cloth. 10 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches (25.5 x 18 cm); xvi, 408 pp.; color frontispiece, 31 photographic plates, many after Vittorio Sella, 5 folding maps. Covers rubbed, a bit soiled, first signature loosening..

The expedition climbed all the major peaks of the Mountains of the Moon, the mountain source of the Nile. Neate F27