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[Early Bombay printing] Harris, William Cornwallis
Narrative of an Expedition into Southern Africa during the Years 1836 and 1837
£605
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
Bombay: American Mission Press, 1838. First edition, 8vo in half-sheets (20.4 x 12.5cm), modern crushed morocco gilt, xviii 406 pp., 4 lithographic plates including frontispiece, lithographic folding map, extra-illustrated with 24 hand-coloured lithographic plates from the third or later edition of the present work, bound in at rear, toning, stab-holes visible in gutter from original binding, a few old stains
Footnote
Note: First edition, rare. A second edition was printed in London the following year, with the title The Wild Sports of Southern Africa; a third edition was published in 1841, also using the amended title but incorporating a suite of 24 hand-coloured lithographic plates.
Provenance: Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings (1786-1870), British naval officer, with his ownership inscription ('Sir Thos. Hastings, R. Naval College') to the half-title.