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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Renshaw (Richard)

VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

Published: printed for Jennings and Cowdroy, Manchester, 1837

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The Indian Ocean, and up the Red Sea, with Travels into Egypt, through the desert, etc., giving an account of the cities of Grand Cairo and Alexandria. The whole interspersed with moral and religious reflections , tending to improve, as well as convince the reader of the excellency of the Christian religion: to which is added an appendix, containing the natural History of the prinicpal wild animals of those extensive regions, with anecdotes &c.

Fourth Edition. 240 pages, folding frontispiece repaired at first fold, uncut edges, light foxing, recent half brown calf with marbled boards, black title label gilt on the spine.

The author was stationed at the Cape from 1796 to 1801 with the Royal Artillery. Pages 21 to 57 deal with his time at the Cape.

  • Size: small 8vo (190 x 120 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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