A Tour in South Africa
FREEMAN J.J. (1851.)
£600.00 [First Edition]
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with Notices of Natal, Mauritius, Madagascar, Ceylon, Egypt and Palestine.First edition. Frontispiece, folding coloured map & 5 plates, with 2 illustrations in text. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt. xii, 492,16ads.pp. London, John Snow,
A fine copy. Freeman provides an account of his third visit to Africa in 1848. As well as providing valuable information on the geography and mission stations of South Africa, the work is significant for its material on the native tribes. Included are brief histories of the Hottentots and Kaffirs, and notes on the Griqua, Bwechuana and Basuto tribes. Mendelssohn I, p565.
Stock Code: 196857
