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Auction #130 begins on 09 Apr 2026

Bunbury (Charles J. F.)

JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

With excursions into the interior, and notes on the natural history, and the native tribes

Published: John Murray, London, 1848

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $150

Approximately:

Estimate: $200

Bidding opens: 9 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Apr 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Light blue cloth binding with splits in the cloth on spine.

xii, 297 pages, wood engraved frontispiece of Table Bay. Contents clean.

'Mr (afterwards Sir Charles) Bunbury accompanied his friend Sir George Napier, the Governor of the Cape Colony, on his voyage to Africa in 1837 and remained there for fourteen months, during which time he busied himself with botanical research, travelling over a considerable part of South Africa.' - Mendelssohn Vol.I, page 222

  • Size: 8vo


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