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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Le Vaillant (François)

VOYAGE DE MONSIEUR LE VAILLANT DANS L'INTERIEUR DE L'AFRIQUE

par le Cap de Bonne-Éspérance, Dans les Anées 1780,81,82,83,84 et 85

Published: Mourer, Hignou & Comp. imprimeurs, Lausanne, 1790

Edition: Nouvelle edition.

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Nouvelle edition. 2 volumes – volume 1 xxiv, 271: volume 2 296 pages, engraved frontispiece in volume I, 11 engraved plates - 2 folding including the view of Table Bay, rebacked preserving the original back strip, new end papers, mottled calf binding, red title labels gilt on the spine, a very good set.

A South African Bibliography volume 3 page 103. Only 2 sets are listed- both as 2 volumes in one.

Book plate of Edna and Frank Bradlow on the front paste down end paper.

Ogilvie No. 6. No half titles and no list of plates. Volume II includes the plate la Hottentote which was later suppressed.

  • Overall Condition: A Very Good Set
  • Size: 8vo (200 x130mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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  • Telephone: 021 794 0600
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  • Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA


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