Rose (Cowper)

FOUR YEARS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

Published: Henry Colborn and Richard Bentley, London, 1829

Edition: First edition

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308 pages, aquatint frontispiece, half leather with marbled paper sides – both the leather and paper are worn and rubbed, bookplate of the Lovedale Missionary Institution Library on the front paste-down endpaper, contents bright.

Mendelssohn (S.) A South African Bibliography, volume 2, pages 248/9, ‘Sketches of life in the Cape Colony and Kaffraria during the first quarter of the nineteenth century. There is some information respecting the lives of the Boers of the interior at this period, with a description of the Hottentots and Kaffirs, and of the slave system of the country, together with some sporting tales….’

  • Binding Condition: Fair
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (215 x 145 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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