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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Millais (J.G.)

A BREATH FROM THE VELDT

Published: Henry Sotheran and Co., London, 1899

Edition: New and Revised Edition

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With Numerous Illustrations by the Author and Frotispiece by the Late Sir J.E. Millais, Bart., P.R.A.

New and Revised Edition

x + 345 and four pages of publisher\'s catalogue, electro-etched frontispiece, title page vignette and 12 electro-etched plates, numerous full-page plates and text illustrations, dark blue cloth titled gilt on upper cover and spine lightly insect scarred - neatly recased preserving the original endpapers, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, the electro-etchings which are often foxed are clean and bright as are the contents which are printed on coated paper.

Mendelssohn 2:13 \'The first edition was published in 1895 and soon became very rare, and the \"Daily Telegraph\", commenting on the publication, stated that it was \"a classic of the shooting world.\"

Czech: An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 – 1999 (2011), page 196. \'Highlighted by the author\'s detailed illustrations, this work represents Millais\' journey towards the Limpopo River with excursions to hunt Kudu, reedbock, waterbuck, sable and roan. Near the Nuanetsi River, he bagged buffalo and zebra. After leaving the Limpopo, he collected trophy kudu, as well as lion and leopard. A most readable and visually exciting book of African travel and big game hunting.\'

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: Large 4to (360 x 230 m)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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  • Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA


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