Scenes in Africa: for the amusement and instruction of little tarry-at-home travellers

Isaac TAYLOR

Verlag: London: printed for Harris and Son, 1820

Beschreibung

Quarter leather, printed boards. Covers very slightly marked, corners rubbed, front free endpaper creased. Inscribed, "Ann Sandars, The Gift of her Brother Edward - Septr 21st 1820"; with the ticket of Beverley's Cheap Book Warehouse, Boston. "Hottentots. The dress of the Hottentots is something more, and better, than the negroes we have left. It consists principally of their ornaments, and when fully dressed, a cloak, called a kross, made of a sheep-skin properly dressed, which they wear with the wool next them. Their ornaments are several rows of beads, or pieces of metal, round their neck; and others round their waist. The women wear also a small apron, in which they show their taste, by its rich ornaments of glass, shells, and pieces of metal . . . Both men and women wear large rings of metal or of ivory, round their wrists and ancles, on their legs especially, many at a time." 84 engravings, some quite affecting, and a fold-out map. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 19M100202

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Scenes in Africa: for the amusement and ...

Verlag: London: printed for Harris and Son

Erscheinungsdatum: 1820

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition