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968 - KOLB, Peter Description of the Cape of Good Hope, containing everything pertaining to the natural history of the country; the religion, customs, and traditions of the Hottentots; and the Dutch settlement [...]. Amsterdam: J. Catuffe, 1743. 3 vols., 12mo: [2]-xiii-[11]-428-[1], [16]-262, [20]-320 pp.; 28 (of 30) plates (frontispiece and 2 plates missing; pages partly slightly browned; some slight foxing). Contemporary mottled sheepskin, gilt-ornamented flat spines with red and black labels, marbled edges (rubbed, light cracks on spines, damage to the headcap of vol. 1, minimal wormholes on the spine of vol. 2, corners bumped). French translation by J. Bertrand (1st ed., 1741). Illustrated with 5 folding maps and 23 (of 25) plates (1 fold.), depicting fauna and some figures and scenes from the life of the Hottentots.
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KOLB, Peter Description of the Cape of Good Hope, containing everything pertaining to the natural history of the country; the religion, customs, and traditions of the Hottentots; and the Dutch settlement [...]. Amsterdam: J. Catuffe, 1743. 3 vols., 12mo: [2]-xiii-[11]-428-[1], [16]-262, [20]-320 pp.; 28 (of 30) plates (frontispiece and 2 plates missing; pages partly slightly browned; some slight foxing). Contemporary mottled sheepskin, gilt-ornamented flat spines with red and black labels, marbled edges (rubbed, light cracks on spines, damage to the headcap of vol. 1, minimal wormholes on the spine of vol. 2, corners bumped). French translation by J. Bertrand (1st ed., 1741). Illustrated with 5 folding maps and 23 (of 25) plates (1 fold.), depicting fauna and some figures and scenes from the life of the Hottentots.
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