KOLBEN, Peter. The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope . London: W. Innys, 1731. 2 vols., 8° (196 x 120mm). 2 engraved frontispieces, folding engraved map and 28 plates, 2 folding. (Occasional light browning.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : Henry, Duke of Kent (bookplate dated 1733) -- Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey (bookplate).
KOLBEN, Peter. The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope . London: W. Innys, 1731. 2 vols., 8° (196 x 120mm). 2 engraved frontispieces, folding engraved map and 28 plates, 2 folding. (Occasional light browning.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : Henry, Duke of Kent (bookplate dated 1733) -- Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Mendelssohn I, 844-845: 'it contains the earliest list of South African animals ... a full account of the government of the country, with detailed descriptions of the various settlements, and a mass of information respecting ... the native races'. (2)
KOLBEN, Peter. The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope . London: W. Innys, 1731. 2 vols., 8° (196 x 120mm). 2 engraved frontispieces, folding engraved map and 28 plates, 2 folding. (Occasional light browning.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : Henry, Duke of Kent (bookplate dated 1733) -- Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey (bookplate).
KOLBEN, Peter. The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope . London: W. Innys, 1731. 2 vols., 8° (196 x 120mm). 2 engraved frontispieces, folding engraved map and 28 plates, 2 folding. (Occasional light browning.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : Henry, Duke of Kent (bookplate dated 1733) -- Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Mendelssohn I, 844-845: 'it contains the earliest list of South African animals ... a full account of the government of the country, with detailed descriptions of the various settlements, and a mass of information respecting ... the native races'. (2)
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