REIZEN NAAR DE KAAP DE GOEDE HOOP, IERLAND EN NOORWEGEN IN D...

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REIZEN NAAR DE KAAP DE GOEDE HOOP, IERLAND EN NOORWEGEN IN DE JAREN 1791-1797 (FIRST EDITION; DUTCH TRANSLATION; 3 VOL) by Cornelius de Jong

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LOCATION: JOHANNESBURG

Haarlem: Francois Bohn, 1802-1803

Each 8vo. Softback bound in marbled paper. Handwritten title labels adhered to the spine. It appears as if these have been rebound at some point.

Vol I: xxii + 274pp. Fold out plate.

Vol.II: x + 348pp. Four monochromatic plates throughout. Three fold out plates.

Vol.III: xx + 232pp + iv. Foldout table. Four colour costume plates throughout.

"The author made two voyages to the Cape, and on the first occasion remained there over a year. He gives some account of his hunting experiences in South Africa, together with a description of Cape Town, and there are illustrations of the Port and of Table Bay, and notes respecting the Kaffirs and Bushmen. The voyage from the Cape to Cove, in Ireland, took about three months, and De Jong was back at the Cape again in November 1794, and remained about six months. In his "History of South Africa, 1691-1795," Theal remarks of De Jong that "his official position, combined with his being an intimate friend of the Commissioner, Sluysken, gave him a thorough knowledge of events then taking place in the Colony, and his marriage with a Cape lady must have added to the interest which he took in the Colony . . . in point of value to a student of Cape history this work ranks high." - Mendelssohn Vol I, 432pp.