Rebound with gilt lettering on spine, new end papers, pp. 297, frontis of Cape of Good Hope, illustrated with 5 wood engravings. Published in 1848.
Author provides a detailed account of the people, places and botany of the Cape Colony at the time.
"Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury, 8th Baronet, FRS (4 February 1809 -18 June 1886) was an English naturalist. He was a keen botanist and geologist with a particular interest in paleobotany. He collected plant specimens on expeditions to South America in 1833 and South Africa in 1838. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851." - Wikipedi
Inscription and stamp of previous owner on title page, lower part of title page torn and separated from frontis, some loss to two publisher's pages at the back. Occasional light foxing, else good, binding tight.
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