A Narrative of Four Journeys Into The Country of The Hottentots, and Caffraria. In The Years One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven, Eight, and Nine.

Paterson, Lieut. William

Verlag: Printed for J. Johnson, 1789

Beschreibung

1789. Quarto. xii, 171pp, iii. errata. Dedicated to Sir Joseph Banks Bart. Later full calf, raised bands, gilt title to spine. Slight rubbing. Illustrated with a large folding map and 17 copper-plates. Some age-toning to pages, occassional light marginal spotting. Small blind stamp to some plate edges, not intrusive. Small tear along fold of map near title. A 'Very Good' copy of this uncommon Africana title. William Paterson was a Scottish soldier, explorer, Lieutenant governor and botanist best known for leading early settlement in Tasmania. A native of Montrose, Scotland, Paterson was interested in botany as a boy and trained in horticulture at Syon in London. Paterson was sent to the Cape Colony by the wealthy and eccentric Countess of Strathmore to collect plants. He arrived in Table Bay on board the "Houghton" in May, 1777. He made four trips into the interior between May 1777 and March 1780, when he departed. Mendelssohn - South African Bibliography: page 143. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008666

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Titel: A Narrative of Four Journeys Into The ...

Verlag: Printed for J. Johnson

Erscheinungsdatum: 1789

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good