LADY ANNE BARNARD AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 1797-1802 (INSCR...

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LADY ANNE BARNARD AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 1797-1802 (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR) by Dorothea Fairbridge

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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924

8vo, xiii + 343pp.Original hardcover binding, with gilt lettering to spine, and gilt inlay to front board. With frontispiece, 59 plates of sketches made by Lady Anne Barnard, and also includes a fold-out facsimilie letter by Lady Anne to Mrs. Jacob Van Rhenin.

Inscribed by the Author. A biography of Lady Anne Barnard's years at the Cape, with many reproductions of sketches made by Lady Anne.

Lady Anne Barnard (née Lindsay; 8 December 1750 – 6 May 1825) was a Scottish travel writer, artist and socialite, and the author of the ballad Auld Robin Gray. Her five-year residence in Cape Town, South Africa, although brief, had a significant impact on the cultural and social life of the time. The Barnards travelled to the Cape in March 1797, Lady Anne remaining there until January 1802. Her letters written to Melville, then secretary for war and the colonies, and her diaries of travels into the interior have become an important source of information about the people, events and social life of the time. She is also retained in popular memory as a socialite, known for entertaining at the Castle of Good Hope as the official hostess of Earl Macartney. (Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Anne_Barnard)

*Location: Johannesburg branch

Condition: Good. Rubbing, staining and edgewear to the boards. Wear to spine. Minor insect damage to gutter between front free endpaper and pastedown. Light stain to front pastedown. Some browining to the front and rear free endpapers. Several pages still uncut. Text and plates are clean and clear. A well bound copy.