Lot 31
  • 31

Campbell, John

Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Travels in South Africa... being a narrative of a second journey in the interior of that country. London: for the Society, 1822
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (215 x 127mm.), hand-coloured engraved folding map, 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates, directions to binder / advertisement leaf at end of volume 2 (but without the subsequent 2 pages of advertisements), contemporary half calf gilt, marbled boards, black morocco labels, lacking half-titles, dedication leaf, and errata slip, map repaired, a few short tears, spine head of volume 2 repaired, bindings slightly rubbed

Provenance

Rev. H. Mahon, Killegally, ownership inscriptions

Literature

Abbey, Travel 328

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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