Travel
BUNBURY, Charles J.F.
Journal of a residence at the Cape of Good Hope, with excursions into the interior, and notes on the natural history and the native tribes.
Murray, London 1848. First edition. 8vo., xii, 297pp., 3 pages of ads at end, frontispiece and 4 engraved plates, original light blue cloth gilt, spine faded, contemporary ownership inscription of Alfred Dolman to front free endpaper, an excellent copy.
Bunbury accompanied his friend, Sir George Napier, the Governor of the Cape Colony, on his voyage to Africa in 1837, and remained there for fourteen months, during which time he busied himself with botanical research, travelling over a considerable part of South Africa. - Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn I, 222.
Price: £ 400
US Dollar Price: $ 580
Stock Number: 58559