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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Wilmot (Hon. A.)

MONOMOTAPA (RHODESIA)

Published: T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1896

Edition: 1st

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Monomotapa (Rhodesia). Its Monuments and its History from the most Ancient Times to the present Century.

xxiv plus 259pp. Original blue cloth hardcover. Illustrated with b&w engravings and maps. Uncut pages.

Front board has some cup stains; bottom of spine torn with some light wear to top of spine; spine very lightly dulled (gilt titling clear); Light cracking to front EP gutter; EP's are heavily tanned. Text is clean and bright throughout.

Wilmot's classic history of Monomotapa, the former Rhodesia/Zimbabwe in three books; Phoenicia, Arabia, Portugal. Preface by H. Rider Haggard. Appendices include a Complete List of Documents in the Archives of the Vatican concerning Africa, with library reference so as to enable students to obtain them and also contains an illustrated appendix of Crosses erected by Portuguese mariners on the African coast.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 193mm x 130mm
  • Sold By: Booktown Africana
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  • Country: South Africa
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