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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

J.M. Stuart

The Ancient Gold Fields of Africa

From the Gold Coast to Mashonaland

Published: Effingham Wilson & Co, London, 1891

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312pp. 3 fold out maps and numerous b/w plates. Cloth boards with red titling to spine. AEG.
Photocopy reproduction title page. Pencil inscription to verso of f.f.e.p. stating that the 2 plates immediately following the title page are not in the South African Library's copy. Maps with tears to folds, but in tact. Mendelssohn notes that this is a "compilation containing considerable information respecting the gold fields of Rhodesia and the ancient workings...At the end of the volume will be found a curious chapter entitled "The Description of Africa" which was written three hundred years ago" (451-452).


  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 4to
  • Sold By: The Book Shoppe
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  • Country: South Africa
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