Journal of a Visit to South Africa in 1815 and 1816 with some account of the missionary settlements of the United Brethren near the Cape of Good Hope.
406pp. Brown gilt decorated border cloth cover with gilt title and decorations to the spine. Facsimile reprint. Limited edition No. 486 of 1000 copies. Fold out maps, colour and black & white illustrations. Frontispiece engraving of Latrobe. Internally clean and tight. A very good copy.
Introduction by Frank Bradlow.
Latrobe was a missionary sent out to visit the settlements at Genadendal and Groenekloof. The Governor of the Cape had expressed a wish that a third missionary station should be opened, and in order to choose a site Latrobe travelled through a large part of the country up to the Little Fish River.
'South Africa in Print' comments about Rev. Latrobe that "He has left an important volume of travels with illustrations second only to those of Burchell.", and in his introduction to Mendelssohn Mr. Ian D. Colvin writes about him: "This delightful man was a friend of Burchell's and like Burchell an admirable artist as well as a charming writer. He travelled extensively, and his Journal, written with much sweet piety and simplicity of spirit, yet shows shrewdness of observation and a fine common sense-characteristics which we shall find in other of the great missionary travellers."
(Abbey Travel 325, Gay 3117, Hosken p. 120, Mendelssohn I, p. 866-867)
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 22 x 28 cm
