311 pp, 5451 items, 3 indexes and 1 loose insert.
Descriptions, condition and prices from 69 years ago remain of considerable interest for the availability of secondhand books still being quoted as well as for their relative pricing.
A few examples (much abbreviated):
- 688/406. Burchell (W J). "Hints on Emigration to the Cape of Good Hope", 24 pp, unbound. Pamphleteer, Vol XVII, 1820. Fifteen pounds. "Not to be confused with the 4 pp found in the Travels as they are a defence against the criticism advanced in the Quarterly Review]"
- 688/589. Seller (John). Atlas Maritimus. Printed by John Darby for the Author, 1675. 200 pounds. "[The many] charts all very finely coloured by a contemporary hand." Large folio, calf. "The charts of African interest include: (5) Chart of Table Bay, with fine inset view of the Fort and Table Mountain from the sea." "Unknown to Mendelssohn"
- 689/37. Darwin (Charles). The Zoology of the Voyage of H M S "Beagle", 1832-36. Complete set, with 166 plates, 5 parts in 3 vols, quarto, 1840. Ninety pounds or $360
- 689/665. Marloth (R). The Flora of South Africa. 180 coloured and 96 plain plates. 4 vols in 6, quarto, 1913-32. Eighty-five pounds or $340. Complete set.
- 691/191. Blaeu (G). Aethiopia. 19 1/2 x 15 inches. Coloured (1640). Three guineas or $12.60. " . . . shortly before this date, in 1633, Europeans were expelled from Abyssinia, and so Blaeu's map remained the standard . . . for many years."
- 691/235. Barrow (Sir John). Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, 1797-98. "Second and best edition . . . a magnificent collection of coloured plates by Daniell, 2 vols, quarto, calf (covers somewhat worn and a little damp-stained throughout)". 1806. Fifteen pounds or $60
- 691/271. Harris (Sir W G). Game and Wild Animals in Southern Africa. "First and best issue, with 30 coloured lithograph plates by F Howard (text foxed), imp folio, half morocco (little rubbed)." 1840. Sixty pounds or $240
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 215 x 140
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