Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards

Date:
1936
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/5/39
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SOUTH AFRICA—continued. 81 Balfour (A. B.) Twetve Hunprep Mixzs in a Wacoon, tllusts., 8vo., cl., 1895 7s 82 Bannister (S.) Brirish CoLonizATIon and CoLouRED Tripss, cr. 8vo., hf. calf, 1838 [soup] The Author asserts that the Dutch and English colonists have carried on a succession of violent aggressions on the Kaffirs for nearly a hundred years, and he gives an interesting account of the subjects of dispute between Captain Gardiner and the inhabitants of Natal, and of the exertions. of the colonists to get the Home Government to take over the colony. 83 ——— Humane Poticy, or Justice to the Aborigines of New Settlements Kssential . . . with Suggestions how to Civilise the Natives, by an Improved _ Administration of Existing Means, folding map of South Africa, 8vo., original boards, uncut, 1830 £2 Contains ma. y extracts from letters of colonists and travellers, written during the latter part of the 18th and early part of the 19th centuries, which throw much light on the state of South Africa at this period. There are also numerous references to the early history of Natal and Cape Colony. 84 Barker (Lady) A Yrear’s HousekeEeEPine in Sourn Arrica, zllusts., cr. 8vo., cl., 1877 5s 85 Barnard (Lady Anne) Souru Arrica a Century Aco: Letters written from the Cape of Good Hope (1797-1801), wth a portrait, 8vo., ci., 1901 8s 86 ———: Livzs of the Linpsays, or a Memoir of the House of Crawford and Balcarres, by Lord Lindsay, 3 vols, 8vo., cl., 1849 £1 Contains extracts frem the journal of a residerce at the Cape and of a short tour into the Interior, 1797-98, by Lady Anne Barnard (nee Lindsay). 87 Barrett (H. J.) Firrren YEARS among the Zuus and the Borrs, with Copious Accounts of the Natives . . . the Circumstances which have led up to the Present War and its Probable Results, 8vo., wrapper (59 pp.), Hull, 1879 12s Presentation copy, with inscription on the wrapper. 88 Barrington (George) History of New Soura WALES, vignette and 15 coloured plates, 1810—AccountT of a Voryacse to New Soutu WALES, vignette, portrait, plan and 9 coloured plates, 1810—together 2 vols, 8vo., calf, rebacked £2 10s In the “‘ Voyage” Barrington devotes no less than 240 pages to an account of the Cape and South Africa. Also includes a coloured plate of the Cape of Good Hope. 89 Barrow (Sir John, Secretary to Macartney when Gov. of the Cape) TRAVELS into the INTERIOR of SourHERN AFRIcA, 1797-98: Natural History, Inhabi- tants, State of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, &c., FIRST EDITION, uith 8 folding maps, charts and plutes, 2 vols, 4to., contemporary calf, 1801- 04 £4 4s 90 ——— VoyaAGE to CocHINcHINA, 1792-93 . . . to which is annexed an Account of a Journey, 1801-02, to the Residence of the Booshuana Nation, &c., COLOURED aquatint plates, 4to., contemporary hf. calf, marbled paper sides, 1806 £3 5s “There is an account of the journey to Lattakoo undertaken by Messrs. Daniell, Truter, Somer- ville, Scholz, and the Author. The Bechuanas and other native tribes inhabiting the vicinity of the Orange River are described, with some information with regard to the game met with in those parts, &c.” — MENDELSSOHN. 91 Bartolomeo (Fra P. da san) A Voyace to the East Inpiges . . . trans. from the German by William Johnston, 8vo., calf, rebacked, 1800 £1 5s On the homeward voyage in 1789 the Author visited the Cape of Good Hope (10th to 19th July, see pages 446-51), and made a short expedition into the interior to gather information about the Hottentots. He also refers to the vineyards he saw and Constantia wine. 92 Beekman (Capt. Daniel) A Voyvace to and from the IsLanp of BorNEO ... also a Description of the Islands of Canary, Cape Verd . . . the Cape of Goop Hops, the HOTTENToTs, the Island of St. Helena, &c., maps and plates, 8vo., con- temporary calf, 1718 £6 Beeckman stayed thirty-eight days at the Cape and 14 pages are devoted to an interesting account of the town.
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