Door B. F. von Bouchenroeder Oud Major in Hollandschen Dienst
Met eene door hem verbeterde Kaart
On the verso of the title page: Geene exemplaren worden voor echt erkend, dan die door autheur eigenhandig, of, op deszelfs qualificatie, door en der uitgevers geteekend zijn (No copies shall be recognized as genuine except those signed by the author’s own hand, or, by his authorisation, by one of the publishers).
Signed by Baron von Bouchenroeder
First Edition: (ii), 231, (xii bijlagen) pages, half title page, large folding map coloured in outline as frontispiece (torn at the first fold), original paper covered boards with a printed title label on the spine - the paper is rubbed and worn along the edges, content clean, a very good copy.
Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography, volume 1, pages 161/2, 'Journey in the interior of South Africa in 1803. With the intention of exploring the different bays and harbours along the south-east coast in order to find out how far they are suitable for the coast and over-sea traffic, and how the islands adjacent to the coast are situated with regard to the culture of products, in order to be able to export them at a profit to Cape Town, and elsewhere, outside the Colony, principally to Holland. By B. F. Von Bouchenroeder, formerly Major in the Dutch service. With his amended map. Printed for the author.
'Theal remarks (" History of South Africa, 1795-1834 "), " This is a work of some interest, and is of value for historical purposes, though it contains a great deal of purely speculative matter." The map is a reproduction of the one issued with Barrow's work, with a few additions.'
Gedrite voor Rekening van den Autheur, uitgegeven te Amsterdam door Mortier Covens En Zoon; in den Haag door den Autheur in Commissie bij B. Besanger in het Lan Achterom, No. 347.
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 8vo (210 x 130 mm)
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