Dark brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Covers in very good condition, no bumping or wear to corners or surfaces. Top and front page edges slightly spotted. Some foxing spots on endpapers. Otherwise book is clean and fold-out maps are undamaged but have some foxing on front fold edges.
Volume 1 has 10 plates, a map and 50 vignettes. Volume 2 has 6 plates, 46 vignettes.
Pages: Vol.1: [1-6]7-582 Vol. 2 [6 prelims]1-648.
Vol. 1 has, in addition to the facsimile of Burchell's travels, a frontispiece portrait of Burchell, a new introduction by A. Gordon-Brown, a report given by Burchell before a select committee of the House of Commons on the Poor Laws, Burchell's "Hints on Emigration to the Cape of Good Hope" and reviews and replies concerning this pamphlet. There is also a list of Burchell's publications and Principal Sources of information.
- Size: 285 x 230 x 40 mm each
- Sold By: Pringle Bay Books
- Contact Person: Neil Berens
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 082 899 7195 or 083 652 5694
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- Trade Associations: SABDA
