A Limited Deluxe Edition of 50 numbered copies, this being No. 33
Vol. 1 302pp., Vol. 2 331pp., with frontispieces and fine illustrations and plates.
In very good condition. Few minor scuff marks to edges.
Deluxe half leather hardcover bindings, gilt lettering to spines, gilt inlaid publisher’s device to upper covers, 4 raised bands each. 120x185mm Tall in size.
"He proceeded to Namaqualand and Damaraland, which countries were very little known at the time. Leaving Cape Town in 1836, he traversed these regions in an ox wagon, and went through a large part of South West Africa arriving at Walvisch Bay almost exhausted with the difficulties of travel and want of water. He succeeded in obtaining a good collection of zoological and other specimens, many of which were at that time unknown to the scientific world. The volumes contain an account of the social condition of the Namaquas, Bushmen and Damaras." - Mendelssohn South African Bibliography, 1:20-21.
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 120x185mm Tall
- Sold By: Austral Africa Africana
- Contact Person: Leon de Villiers
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 0613054675
- Preferred Payment Methods: EFT for South African payments, Paysend for International payments
- Trade Associations: AA
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