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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Burchell, William J.

TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

with a new introduction by A. Gordon Brown

Published: C. Struik, Cape Town, 1967

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2 volumes. (582, 648 pages): illustrations (some colour, folding), portrait as frontispiece (volume 1), 1 loose-leaf folding map. Quarto. Full leather, one of ten sets specially bound for the publisher. Facsimile reprint of the 1822-4 edition.  Some spotting to page edges.

This is the best reprint edition and the coloured plates are splendid. "The most valuable and accurate work on South Africa published up to the first quarter of the nineteenth century, and embracing a description of a large part of the Cape Colony and Bechuanaland at this period." Mendelssohn, volume 1, page 224, on the original edition.  

  • Binding Condition: Excellent
  • Overall Condition: Excellent
  • Size: 28 x 21 cm
  • Sold By: Select Books
  • Contact Person: David McLennan
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 021-4246955
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Credit card; EFT
  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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