582 + 648 pages, frontispiece portrait, large folding colour map loosely inserted, 20 colour plates - 5 folding, many text illustrations, brown cloth, signed by Cornelius Struik on the title page, a very good set.
Mendelssohn 1.224. \'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. Theal (\"History of South Africa, 1795-1834\") remarks that the author was \"a man of talent, an easy writer, and scrupulously exact in his descriptions,\" and according to Sclater he was \"a most skilful and well-trained zoologist and botanist, and his observations are all accurate and methodical.\"\'
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 4to (285 x 220 mm)
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021 794 0600
- Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard via PayGate secure links and Bank transfers.
- Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA
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