KOLBEN, Peter. The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope: or, A Particular Account of the Several Nations of the Hottentots ... Done into English from the Original by Mr. Medley. London: W. Innys, 1731. 2 volumes, 8°. 2 engraved frontispieces, folding engraved map, plan, and 27 plates (some leaves lightly browned, occasional light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Modern mottled calf, spines gilt. Provenance : A. Will, Grahamstown (stamp on title of vol. II). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Mendelssohn I, 844-845: 'it contains the earliest list of South African animals, and there is a full account of the government of the country, with detailed descriptions of the various settlements, and a mass of information respecting the habits and customs of the native races'. (2)
KOLBEN, Peter. The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope: or, A Particular Account of the Several Nations of the Hottentots ... Done into English from the Original by Mr. Medley. London: W. Innys, 1731. 2 volumes, 8°. 2 engraved frontispieces, folding engraved map, plan, and 27 plates (some leaves lightly browned, occasional light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Modern mottled calf, spines gilt. Provenance : A. Will, Grahamstown (stamp on title of vol. II). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Mendelssohn I, 844-845: 'it contains the earliest list of South African animals, and there is a full account of the government of the country, with detailed descriptions of the various settlements, and a mass of information respecting the habits and customs of the native races'. (2)
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