A never read, deluxe copy, bound in quarter leather, of this seminal book by Professor Vernon Forbes on early Cape travellers. These travellers are: August Frederik Beutler, Carl Peter Thurnberg, Francis Masson, Anders Sparrman, Hendrik Swellengrebel, William Paterson, Robert Jacob Gordon, Francois le Vaillant, Count Louis Marie Degrandpre and Sir John Barrow.
The book is based on Forbes's PhD thesis; it covers what was arguably the Golden Age of Cape Travel.
i77 pages,; frontispiece of Table Mountain in colour.preface & introduction (iv pages), index, list of 21 maps included in the book, illustrations, There are appendices on the travels of Van Plettenberg and Van Reenen and Tables of Itinerary comparisons.
This book is in pristine condition. #60 of 100 copies bound in 1/4 leather
- Overall Condition: Fine
- Size: 215 x 285 mm
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