Travel
CAMPBELL, John
Travels in South Africa, undertaken at the request of the London Missionary Society [WITH] ... a narrative of a second journey in the interior of that country
London Missionary Society, London 1815 & 1822. Third edition , corrected, of first work, first edition of second work, together 3 volumes, 8vo., first work: xvi, 400pp., 4 pages of ads at beginning, engraved frontispiece portrait, folding map, 8 engraved plates, early signature of Wm. Long to title; second work: viii, xii, 322 [6] (last leaf blank save for imprint to foot of verso); ii, 384pp., half-titles to both volumes, large engraved folding map, handcoloured in outline, 2 hand-coloured frontispieces (the second offset to title), 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates after sketches by the author, errata slip tipped in at beginning vol. ii, a little light offsetting from plates, SIGNATURE OF J.G. FRAZER to first half-title, label in first work states that "this book formed part of the library of Sir James Frazer O.M., which was bequeathed by Lady Frazer to Trinity College, Cambridge. It was presented by the college to the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge." Uncut, uniformly bound in modern half calf, red and green labels, an excellent set.
One of the most notable early accounts of South Africa. Campbell was confident of the prospects of the native races. "I can perceive no inferiority of intellect, except what may be put to the score of education ... The Hottentots are not as savage or dull as our own peasantry, or as the Dutch boors." The colour-plates make this a very attractive set. Abbey Travel 328; Gay 3002; Mendelssohn I, 254 & 255.
Price: £ 1650
US Dollar Price: $ 3280
Stock Number: 58071