VAILLANT VOYAGE L' AFRIQUE

SECOND VOYAGE dans l\'Interieur de l\'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Esperance, dans les annees

Complete 3 volumes, xliv, 304 [ii, errata]; 426, [ii, errata]; [iv], 525, [ii, errata sheet] pp. Contemporary full tree calf, gilt spine title lettering on leather labels. 20 of the original 22 fine engraved plates,many folding, including a magnificent fold-out engraving of Cape Town, nestled on the slopes of Table Mountain.

Some dampstaining, browning and sporadic foxing on some leaves. Covers are rubbed and corners bumped. Spines are cracked in places. Internal bindings are tight.

Mendelssohn, I, 892, 889, 890: His description is unique for this period, as little information respecting these regions had been published up to this date\'. Mendelssohn claims the first edition was in 1796, An 4 of the republic, which was issued with a map, not issued in this earlier edition. The second expedition was to Namaqualand, Damaraland, Bechcuanaland and the Kalahari Desert. It provides an interesting and early narrative of South Africa at a time when it was little known. The plates, including of giraffe and of hippopotamus, which were little known then, the local people, and several views . His many references to birds and animals became useful primary sources for many later works by other authors. A classic work on African travel.