8vo, 12+297+3 pages, engraved frontispiece, 4 plates : Mendelssohn I.222. The author accompanied his friend Sir George Napier, Governor of the Cape Colony, on his voyage to the Cape in 1837 and remained there for 14 months, during which time he busied himself with botanical research, travelling over a considerable part of South Africa. He refers to the Great Trek, Port Elizabeth as "an ugly ill-built place" and Uitenhage "one of the most agreeable places in the colony"; hardback, professionally & beautifully rebound in 3/4 red leather with raised bands, gilt lettering, matching marbled boards & new end papers. A FINE copy of the FIRST EDITION.
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