A Journal of a Visit to South Africa with Some Account of the Missionary Settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good Hope
[London: W. M'Dowall for L. B. Seeley and R. Ackermann, 1818]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1 plate only (of 16), [iii]-vii, [1], 508p. plus [2]p. advertisements for other works published by L. B. Seeley. Rebound in old 1/2 leather. 27cm. Severely defective -- lacks the title-leaf, 15 (of the 16) plates, including all 12 hand-colored plates) and the folding map. A few other leaves are detached, chipped or otherwise worn. The binding is also quite worn (much of the backstrip is chipped away and the front and back covers are detached). A chance to own the text part of the first edition plus one uncolored plate ("Outline of Ascension Island" facing P. 385). Poor. Item #81263
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