Capt william cornwallis harris (14 resultados)

19+16+359+6 pages, folding map, coloured plates : : exploration and hunting from the Cape to the Tropic of Capricorn, an African classic - Mendelssohn I.688, Czech 118 "a cornerstone title in the African sporting library"; hardback, FINE, vg dw isbn 0869202650 south africa big game.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Facsimile Reproduction of the Fourth Edition of 1844 published 1999 near fine hardback, light foxing to page edges, in a very good dust wrapper, corners and edges rubbed, small closed tears. Protected by clear removable archival covering. No inscription. 359 pages with index plus 6 pages of adverts. Zoological Appendix. Folding Map at rear of book. Colour Frontispiece and colour illustrations. Bibliography. African Hunting Reprint Series: Volume 9. Facsimile Reproduction of the Fourth Edition of 1844 which includes two additional chapters giving a full account of Dingaan's massacre of Retief's party also a new Frontispiece and Introduction and Biographical Note by Professor James A. Casada.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. VG/VG, moderate edgewear dj, square, sharp corners, always quality.

From Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa, Delineated from Life in Their Natural Haunts, During a Hunting Expedition From the Cape Colony as Far as the Tropic of Capricorn in 1836 & 1837. This is one of the rarest and most important works on large African Game. This folio was published in five parts containing in total 30 colour plates of the animals in their own habitat that Harris encountered while traveling and hunting in Africa. Lithograph. Very good condition Original hand colour Size: 53 x 35 cm.…

From Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa, Delineated from Life in Their Natural Haunts, During a Hunting Expedition From the Cape Colony as Far as the Tropic of Capricorn in 1836 & 1837. This is one of the rarest and most important works on large African Game. This folio was published in five parts containing in total 30 colour plates of the animals in their own habitat that Harris encountered while traveling and hunting in Africa. Lithograph. Very good condition Original hand colour Size: 53 x 35 cm.…

From Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa, Delineated from Life in Their Natural Haunts, During a Hunting Expedition From the Cape Colony as Far as the Tropic of Capricorn in 1836 & 1837. This is one of the rarest and most important works on large African Game. This folio was published in five parts containing in total 30 colour plates of the animals in their own habitat that Harris encountered while traveling and hunting in Africa. Lithograph. Very good condition Original hand colour Size: 53 x 35 cm.…

From Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa, Delineated from Life in Their Natural Haunts, During a Hunting Expedition From the Cape Colony as Far as the Tropic of Capricorn in 1836 & 1837. This is one of the rarest and most important works on large African Game. This folio was published in five parts containing in total 30 colour plates of the animals in their own habitat that Harris encountered while traveling and hunting in Africa. Lithograph. Very good condition Original hand colour Size: 53 x 35 cm.…

From Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa, Delineated from Life in Their Natural Haunts, During a Hunting Expedition From the Cape Colony as Far as the Tropic of Capricorn in 1836 & 1837. This is one of the rarest and most important works on large African Game. This folio was published in five parts containing in total 30 colour plates of the animals in their own habitat that Harris encountered while traveling and hunting in Africa. Lithograph. Very good condition Original hand colour Size: 53 x 35 cm.…

From Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa, Delineated from Life in Their Natural Haunts, During a Hunting Expedition From the Cape Colony as Far as the Tropic of Capricorn in 1836 & 1837. This is one of the rarest and most important works on large African Game. This folio was published in five parts containing in total 30 colour plates of the animals in their own habitat that Harris encountered while traveling and hunting in Africa. Lithograph. Very good condition Original hand colour Size: 53 x 35 cm.…

From Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa, Delineated from Life in Their Natural Haunts, During a Hunting Expedition From the Cape Colony as Far as the Tropic of Capricorn in 1836 & 1837. This is one of the rarest and most important works on large African Game. This folio was published in five parts containing in total 30 colour plates of the animals in their own habitat that Harris encountered while traveling and hunting in Africa. Lithograph. Very good condition Original hand colour Size: 53 x 35 cm.…

From Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa, Delineated from Life in Their Natural Haunts, During a Hunting Expedition From the Cape Colony as Far as the Tropic of Capricorn in 1836 & 1837. This is one of the rarest and most important works on large African Game. This folio was published in five parts containing in total 30 colour plates of the animals in their own habitat that Harris encountered while traveling and hunting in Africa. Lithograph. Very good condition Original hand colour Size: 53 x 35 cm.…

From Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa, Delineated from Life in Their Natural Haunts, During a Hunting Expedition From the Cape Colony as Far as the Tropic of Capricorn in 1836 & 1837. This is one of the rarest and most important works on large African Game. This folio was published in five parts containing in total 30 colour plates of the animals in their own habitat that Harris encountered while traveling and hunting in Africa. Lithograph. Very good condition Original hand colour Size: 53 x 35 cm.…

From Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa, Delineated from Life in Their Natural Haunts, During a Hunting Expedition From the Cape Colony as Far as the Tropic of Capricorn in 1836 & 1837. This is one of the rarest and most important works on large African Game. This folio was published in five parts containing in total 30 colour plates of the animals in their own habitat that Harris encountered while traveling and hunting in Africa. Lithograph. Very good condition Original hand colour Size: 53 x 35 cm.…

Fourth Edition, 8vo, xvi + 359pp, Frontispiece + 25 hand-coloured lithographic plates + Map. Attractive contemporary full calf binding, some rubbing along the spine, marbled endpapers. Internally in fine condition, plates fine. The first edition with the additional chapters giving a full account of the massacre of Retief and his party by Dingaan and the fall of Piet Uys in an abortive invasion of Zulu territories, the death of Maritz and the annihilation of the Natal settlers. It also has the full compliment of colour plates. An attractive and well priced copy Mendelsohn I, p689 240 by 165mm (9½ by 6½ inches).…