Author:
BACKHOUSE James
Title:
An Narrative Of A Visit To Mauritius and South Africa
Price:
£200.00
Year:
1844
Edition:
1st Edn
Publisher:
Hamilton Adams and Co
Summary:
xvi-648 pages - lvi, 15 engraved plates, 28 woodcuts, 2 folding maps, frontis foxed also some foxing to contents mostly to blank margins, armorial bookplate to front paste down, an unopened copy. Publisher blind stamped cloth, vg. The author started his travels in Mauritius then journeyed to Cape Town, he travelled throughout South Africa visiting Missions, towns etc. There are good descriptions of the fauna of the country and the natives. Mendelssohn 62.
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20566