Paterson, William

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Description

A Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots, and Caffraria. In the years 1777-1779. London: for J. Johnson, 1789
paper

FIRST EDITION, 4to (310 x 250mm.), vi, ix-xii, 172, iv pp., folding map, 17 plates, original blue boards, white paper spine, printed paper label, uncut, slipcase, some spotting and offsetting, extremities rubbed

Provenance

Thomas Fenwick Harrison, armorial bookplate

Literature

Mendelssohn (1979) III, p.635

Catalogue Note

This is Paterson's only important published work. In later years he made his name in Australia.