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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Third printing. 352 pages (complete). Volume I only. In Dutch throughout. From the library of Edna and Frank Bradlow (the Africana specialists and collectors) - their ex-libris plate is on the front pastedown. A contented copy. This edition most pleasingly includes two fold-out engraving plates: one of Table Bay and another of a Hottentot settlement. There are another three agreeable sepia engravings of local peoples. Half-leather. The leathered corners and spine are worn, scuffed, cracked. They are baleful. The plain boards are worn, scuffed, marked. They are benign. The guttering along the frontispage is cracked, but the security of the book is unaffected. The contents are genially aging. There are some few expected age-related marks. Some very light wear. The pages are comfortable, assured, clean, clear, amiable, confident. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Five volumes (complete). All plates and maps complete. Rebound in full leather. New end papers. All five are in thrillingly pleasing condition. All plates are present and are in excellent condition. The clear front page has scuffing, rubbing, handling marks. The edges of the pages are occasionally smeared with age-related tanning. There are some few indications of age and use. Volume 5 (pub: 1798) has a folded map engraved by the young Dutch cartographer, Cornelis van Baarsel: "Kaart van het Zuidelyk gedeelte van Afrika tot verstand van de twee Reizen van Le Vaillant". Printed on thick hand-made, watermarked, paper. The map is in stunning condition: thick, clean (the rims have some very shallow handling and storage marks) and clear, very healthy. Also please note that the pagination of Volume 5 was printed incorrectly towards the end, these were corrected by hand (at time of publication?). The pages of all volume are in tremendous condition: very clean and clear, thick, hale, fresh-faced, sound, certain, keen, barely marked by age and hand. Not only is this an antique of book production, it is also a momento vitae for adventure and passion. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …