Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa 2nd edition Comprising a View of the Present State of the Cape Colony. With Observations on the Progress and Prospects of British Emigrants.
Henry Colburn, 1827. Second Edition. 8vo; Vol I, xxi + 450pp; Vol II, vi +430pp, 18 uncouloured aquatints + 17 illustrations in text, 2 folding plans and one folding map. Bound in modern 1/3 morocco with marbled boards. New endpapers. Some staining to first few pages of Vol I & II, for most part text birght and clean, some toning and spotting to plates. Bookplate in front of each volume for H. Q. F. Thompson. Most likely Harold Thompson (1885–1968) who was a respected judge in the south African legal system. From Mendelsohn; "This valuable work was written by a Cape Town merchant who resided in South Africa for many years, and who had travelled throughout the greater part of the Cape Colony and a considerable part of Bechaunaland, partly from motives of business, partly from the impulse of curiosity..." Mendelsohn II, p493-494. Item #32946
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