Africa.- Paterson (Lt. William) A Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffraria, first edition, without pp.vii-viii as usual, with 17 engraved plates (mostly botanical or natural history subjects), folding engraved map at end, some light foxing and offsetting, original boards, uncut, a little worn and stained, rebacked, new label, 4to, 1789. ⁂ One of the earliest descriptions in English of the interior of southern Africa, particularly important for the botanical specimens collected.
Africa.- Paterson (Lt. William) A Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffraria, first edition, without pp.vii-viii as usual, with 17 engraved plates (mostly botanical or natural history subjects), folding engraved map at end, some light foxing and offsetting, original boards, uncut, a little worn and stained, rebacked, new label, 4to, 1789. ⁂ One of the earliest descriptions in English of the interior of southern Africa, particularly important for the botanical specimens collected.
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