2 volumes: 465 pages continuously paginated, colour frontispiece portrait of Gordon in volume 1 and a colour frontispiece in volume 2, 90 colour plates, 4 maps, green cloth, a very good set in the dust jackets.
Brenthurst Press Second Series, volume 4 & 5. The Standard Edition limited to 850 copies.
Perhaps the most important of the volumes produced by the Brenthurst Press to date. Gordon, a Dutchman of Scottish descent, can be considered as the most prominent of the eighteenth century travellers in southern Africa. He made five journeys into the Cape interior penetrating further than any other known predecessor or contemporary.
See also: Gordon, Colonel Robert Jacob (geographical exploration, meteorology, zoology, botany) S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science (https://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=1097)
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 4to (305 x 245 mm)
