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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Murray (Hugh)

HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF DISCOVERIES AND TRAVELS IN AFRICA, by the Late John Leyden, M.D.

Enlarged, and Completed to the Present Time, with Illustrations of Its Geography and Natural History, As Well As of the Moral and Social Condition of Its Inhabitants

Published: Printed for Archibald Constable & Company, Edinburgh, 1817

Edition: First Edition

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First Edition: 2 volumes, I. xx + 512 pages. II. viii + 536 pages, folding maps as frontispiece in each volume, 4 maps 1 folding, bound in half brown patterned leather with brown cloth sides, contents crisp, a very good copy.

Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 2, page 69, 'Only a short space is devoted to South Africa, compiled from the works of Kolben, Sparrman, Le Vaillant, Barrow, Burchell, Lichtenstein, Campbell, and others ; there are some notes on Namaqualand and Manicaland and the Portuguese territories on the East Coast of Africa.'

  • Overall Condition: A very good copy
  • Size: 8vo (210 x 135 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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  • Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA


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