Mr Bruce, I presume?

"Luigi Balugani's Drawings of African Plants" is a book by Paul Hulton, F. Nigel Hepper and Ib Friis. It deals with a somewhat neglected aspect of an otherwise famous expedition to Africa.

From 1767 to 1773, James Bruce of Kinnaird explored Ethiopia (Abyssinia), searching for the famed sources of the Nile. One of Bruce's travel companions was the Italian painter Luigi Balugani, who did the drawings of plants collected by the expedition. Balugani died in Ethiopia. Afterwards, Bruce took credit for most of Balugani's achievements. This book aims to set the record straight. It contains an introductory chapter on the expedition and its perils, but the bulk of the book is a catalogue of Balugani's illustrations. Some are shown in colour, most in black-and-white.

This book is perhaps too narrow for the general audience, but could be of interest to art-collectors, garden-enthusiasts or people interested in all aspects of James Bruce's expedition.