Large folio 1974 facsimile reprint of the original 1849 edition. No 338 of 950. New introduction by Frank R. Bradlow.
Green leather-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine. Book covers in unusually Fine condition. Internally also in fine condition, but some minor insect damage showing white on green front free endpaper. All 30 plates bright and clean.
Unnumbered prelim. pages include introduction. Pages 1-133.
Angas travelled to South Africa in 1846 and spent two years in Natal and the Cape. His drawings and watercolours published in this book depict the local Pondo, Xhosa, Zulu, Hottentot and Malay people as well as views of Cape Town, Durban, Genadendal, Paarl and Somerset West.
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