With 97 illustrations and two maps
304 pages, frontispiece portrait of the author, 2 folding maps, numerous plates - included in the pagination, black & white illustrations, original brown cloth over bevelled boards with gilt vignette of a buffalo head on the upper cover (corner bumped), titled gilt on the cover and the spine, top edge gilt others uncut, original black endpapers splitting but holding firmly on the ties, with a book plate on the front paste-down, a very good copy.
Czech (Kenneth) Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 -1999, page25: ‘Bertrand, a Swiss army officer joined an expedition headed by Captain A. St. Hill Gibbons, to the interior of Barotseland. There are detailed accounts of the journey taken from the author's diary, with special attention paid to the terrain and natives of the region. Nearing the rivers Machila and Zambesi, the author bagged buffalo, wildebeest and lion. The illustrations by Van Muyden are particularly vivid.’
- Overall Condition: A very good copy
- Size: 8vo (240 x160mm)
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
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