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Auction #127 begins on 06 Nov 2025

Holub (Emil)

SEVEN YEARS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Travels, Researches, and Hunting Adventures, Between the Diamond-Fields and the Zambezi (1872-79)

Published: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1881

Edition: Second Editiion

Reserve: $200

Approximately:

Estimate: $250

Bidding opens: 6 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 13 Nov 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Translated by Ellen E Frewer. With about Two Hundred Original Illustrations and a map.

2nd Edition.

2 volumes. Original brown cloth boards with pictorial illustrations and gilt lettering on front cover and spine.

Volume 2 has Book Plate of Sir Thomas George Franke Bart of fep. 

Volume 1.   426 pages plus 32 pages of publishers catalogue, fold out colour map with 2 small tears.

Volume 2.  477 pages.

Dr. Emile Holub was a 19th Century Chech physician, explorer and ethnographer . His inspiration came from Dr.  Livingstone.  He was meticulous in documenting his observations.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Size: 23 x 15 cm


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