Paterson (William). A Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots, and Caffraria, 1st edition, for J. Johnson 1789, 17 engraved plates, folding map, toning, plates offset and marginally damp-stained, a few spotted in image, folding map spotted, ink-stamps of Inner Temple Library to title-page, text, and versos of map and a few plates, bookplate, 19th-century red half morocco, rubbed and marked, 4to (29.2 x 22.8 cm) (Qty: 1) Cox I p. 390; ESTC T89158; Mendelssohn II p. 143. 'Although the principal feature of the work is a description of the botanical specimens ... there are many interesting notes respecting the natives, with a few remarks on the Dutch colonists' (Mendelssohn). Paterson was later appointed governor of New South Wales but 'historians have rightly judged him more important as a natural scientist than as an administrator' (ODNB). A second edition of his work appeared the following year. Provenance: Inner Temple Library (deaccession stamp to title-page verso); Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.
Paterson (William). A Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots, and Caffraria, 1st edition, for J. Johnson 1789, 17 engraved plates, folding map, toning, plates offset and marginally damp-stained, a few spotted in image, folding map spotted, ink-stamps of Inner Temple Library to title-page, text, and versos of map and a few plates, bookplate, 19th-century red half morocco, rubbed and marked, 4to (29.2 x 22.8 cm) (Qty: 1) Cox I p. 390; ESTC T89158; Mendelssohn II p. 143. 'Although the principal feature of the work is a description of the botanical specimens ... there are many interesting notes respecting the natives, with a few remarks on the Dutch colonists' (Mendelssohn). Paterson was later appointed governor of New South Wales but 'historians have rightly judged him more important as a natural scientist than as an administrator' (ODNB). A second edition of his work appeared the following year. Provenance: Inner Temple Library (deaccession stamp to title-page verso); Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.
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