Travels in South Africa, Undertaken at the Request of the London Missionary Society; being a Narrative of a Second Journey in the Interior of that Country
by Campbell, Rev. John
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London: Francis Westley, 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece to each volume, large hand-coloured folding map and 10 additional hand-coloured, aquatint plates. Two volumes. 8vo, 19th century 3/4 leather and marbled paper over boards; boards becoming loose; chip to top of one of the spines. Needs rebacking and so sold as is; all maps and plates as called for, and in very good condition. xii, 322; 384 pp. The preface states "whilst pious Missionaries are zealously pursuing their grand object--the conversion of the Heathen to Christianity--they are materially contributing to the stores of general Science, and particularly to the advancement of Geographical Knowledge." Final plate of a killed rhino labeled as "head of a unicorn" - so they had a ways to go. Still, an important work for its time, with interesting coloured plates. See: J. R. Abbey Travel in Aquatint and Lithography, Volume1, page 282-283; R. V. Tooley, English Books with Coloured Plates 1790 to 1860, page 123, No, 127.
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- Title
- Travels in South Africa, Undertaken at the Request of the London Missionary Society; being a Narrative of a Second Journey in the Interior of that Country
- Author
- Campbell, Rev. John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Francis Westley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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