Author:
HARRIS Captain William Cornwallis
Title:
The Wild Sports Of South Africa Being The Narrative Of An Expedition From The Cape Of Good Hope Through The Territories To The Tropic Of Capricorn
Price:
£240.00
Year:
1839
Edition:
2nd Edn,
Publisher:
John Murray
Summary:
xxiv, 387 pages, frontis + 7 other full page plates, 3 of the plates are tinted, folding map to rear, gilt title and gilt vignette of four game animals within decorative borders to upper cover, a vg copy in the original cloth. The 1838 1st edition was published in Bombay, this is the 1st London Edn, a classic title on African hunting, a detailed picture of South African game fields prior to the growing pressure of civilization. Czech 119
Ref:
19778