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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

Henry Lichtenstein

TRAVELS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA IN THE YEARS 1803, 1804, 1805 AND 1806 (2 Volumes)

Published: Henry Colburn, London, 1812 & 1815

Edition: 1st

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Vol 1: xii+383pp+xxvi(Appendix)+vi(Index) Vol 2: xiv+368pp+x(Appendix)+xi(Appendix
2)+vii(Index)+ii(Publisher’s Ads)


A tastefully rebound set. 5 raised bands, gilt titles and dates to spines. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Maurice Green to paste-downs. All 7 plates, folding plate, portrait frontispiece and map present.

Volume 1: Frontispiece portrait fine with tissue guard, plates foxed and dampstain to final plate facing pp367. Scattered foxing and age toning to text, especially to the usual pages 225-232 (Signature Gg) and 329 -334 (Signatures Uu & Xx).

Volume 2: Folding plate “View of the Karree Mountains with Ostriches and Quaggas” fine with tissue guard, map fine and plates lightly foxed and toned. Scattered foxing and toning to text as with volume 1.

  • Binding Condition: VG
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 4tos, 28.5cm x 23cm
  • Sold By: The Book Shoppe
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  • Country: South Africa
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