2 pt. in 1 v., 30 leaves of plates : ill. (aquatints) ; 47 x 62 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Place:
Africa, Southern
Date:
1804
1805
1804-05]
Notes:
Without t.p.; title from the dedications.
Imprint information from the plates.
Each part has an illustrated engraved plate containing the dedication; 10 leaves of letterpress with descriptions of 3 plates on each leaf.
Plates signed drawn & engraved by Samuel Daniell but tentatively attributed to William Daniell--Cf. Mendelssohn.
Plates are hand-colored.
Mendelssohn, S. South African bib., v. 2, p. 13
Also available online.
SCNHRB copy 39088012040754 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. The Russell E. Train Africana Collection.
SCNHRB copy has both dedication leaves bound at beginning.
SCNHRB copy has armorial bookplate of Thos. Dowdeswell.
SCNHRB copy half bound in calf and marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, title in gilt on spine; housed in a brown cloth slipcase, title in gilt on goatskin label on front cover.
