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BURCHELL (WILLIAM J.) Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, FIRST EDITION, 1822
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BURCHELL (WILLIAM J.)
Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-titles, errata slip, 20 hand-coloured aquatint or engraved plates (some folding), large folding engraved map, illustrations in the text, without the 4pp. "Hints on Emigration" (as often), some spotting and off-setting in volume 1, contemporary diced calf, covers detached, lacks spine to volume 3 [Abbey Travel 327; Mendelssohn I, p.224; Tooley 116], 4to, Longman, Hurst, 1822
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First edition of "The most valuable and accurate work on South Africa published up to the first quarter of the nineteenth century" (Mendelssohn).
Saleroom notices
Should read lacks spine to volume 2, NOT 3

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