THE WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.

Harris (William Cornwallis)

Description:

Being the narrative of an expedition from the Cape of Good Hope through the territories of the Chief Moselekatse to the Tropic of Capricorn.

 

Fifth (and best) Edition: 359 pages, hand coloured lithographic frontispiece, hand coloured vignette on title page, 24 hand coloured lithographic plates, folding map, handsomely bound in half red morocco titled and decorated gilt on the spine, marbled paper sides and endpapers, all edges gilt, foxing on all the plates, apart from the occasional spot the text in unaffected.

This is not only a book about ‘Wild Sports’ but is a very interesting report of such important historical events as: The Great Trek; the massacre of Piet Retief and his party by Dingaan; the fall of Piet Uys in an abortive invasion of the Zulu territories; the death of Maritz; the annihilation of the Natal Settlers; etc.

The author and his party travelled by wagon and oxen to Grahamstown, Somerset, Graaff Reinet, New Lattakoo, through Griqualand and Bechuanaland, to Boksfontein, Cambellsdorp and Kuruman through the domains of the Matabele King and the Barolong country, and returned to Graff Reinet by the Vaal River Route.

He gives interesting accounts of the Matabele people and experiences with the Bushmen, Hottentots and other tribes. His stay with King Moselekatse is fully described and of great historical value.

An interesting map ‘exhibiting the relative positions of the emigrant farmers and the native tribes’ is included.

(From the editor’s note to the Struik Africana Collectanea reprint.)

Details:

  • Publisher: Henry G. Bohn
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1852
  • Edition: Fifth (and best) edition
  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (253 x 185 mm)
  • Lot No: 1
  • Hammer Price: $1000
  • Bids: 1
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  • Estimate: $1500/2000
  • Reserve: $1000

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