First edition:5 volumes, 420 + 489 + 474 + 546 + 520 pages, frontispieces, numerous illustrations, folding maps, plans, blue cloth titled gilt on the spines - very faded in vols. 1 - 3, a good set.
A history of the origin of South African colonisation and of its development towards the east from the earliest times to 1857. Vols 1-5 published by Longmans Green from 1910-1930.
From The Archives Yearbook for South African History: "It was at first Sir George's intention to conclude his history in four volumes, with the year 1846; but he subsequently extended his work to cover the year 1857 and expanded the text to six volumes." Vols 1-2 have: "In four volumes" on title page. Vols 3-5 have: "In six volumes" on title page. Vol. 6 (ch. 1-6) was published by the Archives of the Union of South Africa in 1940.
- Overall Condition: A Good Set
- Size: 8vo (230 x160mm)
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