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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Rose, Cowper

Four years in Southern Africa

Published: Henry Colburn, London, 1829

Edition: First edition

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The author spent four years at the Cape in the 1820s and this volume is mainly made up of a series of letters written to his brother. He travelled extensively in the western, southern & eastern Cape, describing terrain, big game hunting, the farmers & native peoples. A valuable early British account. Modern half-leather, marbled sides, new end-papers. Pp. xii,308, frontispiece. MENDELSSOHN, 2/248-249; HOSKEN, p. 171. Some page corners creased, some foxing. An attractively bound copy in good condition.
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo
  • Sold By: ABC Bookshop
  • Contact Person: Dennis Slotow
  • Country: South Africa
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