Reize in de binnenlanden van Afrika, langs de Kaap de Goede Hoop, in de jaaren 1780 tot 1785, gedaan. Uit het Fransch door J.D. Pasteur.

Leyden, Amsterdam, Honkoop en Allart, 1791-98.5 volumes in 2. Contemporary half calf, (rebacked with the original spines laid down), with red morocco title-labels to spines. With large folding map and 34 engraved plates (7 folding and 7 printed in sepia).First Dutch edition; first published in French Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Afrique par le Cap de Bonne-Espétance. Paris 1790. - 'Le Vaillant was born at Paramaribo in Dutch Guiana in 1753, and after being educated in Holland, France, and Germany, proceeded to Paris where he studied the natural history collections, and, full of enthusiasm and ambition, decided to travel into the interior of Africa in order to further his opportunities of gaining information by observing the specimens in their native countries. Making the acquaintance of Mr. Temminck, the Treasurer of the Dutch East India Company, he was enabled to proceed to the Cape in one of the Company's ships called the Held-Woltemaade ... The narrative is characterised by the intelligent and interesting manner in which it is written.' (Mendelssohn pp.889-890). On his first excursion Le Vaillant advanced westward along the coast as far as the Great Fish River. His second excursion, between April 1783 and August 1784, took him northward beyond the Orange River. He was one of the first to study the birds in South Africa. With nice views i.a. of the Cape of Good Hope and plates showing Hottentots and giraffes. - One of the earliest works combining exploration, natural history and sport (Czech p.164-165). - (Some browning and waterstaining, some blank margins restored) . - A fine set of his two excursion. Tiele 659; Cat. NHSM I, p.206 (French ed. only); Mendelssohn I, p.889;-890; SAB III, p.100; Howgego p.625; Rookmaaker, The zoological exploration of South Africa 1650-1790, p.177-271, Nissen, ZBI, 2482.