SIMON VAN DER STEL'S JOURNEY TO NAMAQUALAND IN 1685 – 86.

[Waterhouse (Gilbert) Editor:]

Description:

Edited from the manuscript in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.  With forty-four plates and a sketch map.

 

frontispiece, 183 pages of letterpress and 43 black & white plates, original green cloth gilt – corners bumped and light wear along the edges, light foxing on the preliminary pages, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper.

 

London and Dublin, Longmans, Green and Co., & Hodges, Figgis and Co., 1932

Details:

  • Edition: First edition
  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: Tall 8vo (273 x 183 mm)
  • Lot No: 193
  • Hammer Price: $105
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