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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Chase (John Centlivres)

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND THE EASTERN PROVINCE OF ALGOA BAY

Etc., Etc., With Statistics of the Colony. Edited by Joseph S. Christopher

Published: Pelham Richardson, London, 1843

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338 pages, wood-engraved frontispiece, 15 engraved illustrations in the text, large lithographed folding map with four views (Cape Town, Entrance to the River Knysna, Bearing N.N.E., Port Elizabeth and Graham's Town along the bottom and an inset plan of Cape Town) repaired at first fold and starting to tear again, numerous tables, recent in quarter calf, with green cloth sides, new endpapers, spine gilt, fore-edge uncut, a very good copy.

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography vol.1 page 324: An accurate account of the Cape at this period, containing, in particular, a large amount of information respecting the 1820 settlers, and the Eastern Province generally. In the Preface, the editor, Mr. Joseph S. Christophers, refers to an article written in the Quarterly Review for November 1819 (see Cape of Good Hope, ex. Quarterly Review, 1819), and while paying a tribute to the sagacity of the writer, " congratulates those who promoted the emigration," and the foresight of those who prophesied the success of the scheme. The volume is, divided into three Parts and an Index, and Part I. deals with the discovery and occupation of the colony, and gives a general description of the country, with more special reference to the Eastern Province, and including a " history of the origin and progress of the British settlements in 1820." Part II. gives details respecting the Government, law, religion, education, and schools of the Cape, together with some information with regard to its press and periodical literature, agriculture, trade and commerce, progress, &c. &c. Part III. gives particulars of the advantages offered by the country to emigrants, with hints to intending settlers. There is also a large amount of miscellaneous, but valuable information, in the Index.

  • Overall Condition: A Very Good Copy
  • Size: 8vo (185 x 120 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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