Author: NOBLE, John.
Title: South Africa, past and present; a short history of the European settlements at the Cape.
Description: London, Longmans & Co., 1877. Original brown cloth (sl. soiled; 1 hinge cracked), spine lettered in gilt. XIV,345 pp. First edition. - This compilation affords a continuous narrative of everything 'that is most noticeable in the political history of the colonies and states of South Africa' down to the first annexation of the Transvaal in 1877. The work is concise and unbiassed, and should be suitable as a 'reader' for educational classes and manual for schools (Mendessohn II, p.106). SAB III, p.553
Keywords: Africa South Africa VOC Africa
Title: South Africa, past and present; a short history of the European settlements at the Cape.
Description: London, Longmans & Co., 1877. Original brown cloth (sl. soiled; 1 hinge cracked), spine lettered in gilt. XIV,345 pp. First edition. - This compilation affords a continuous narrative of everything 'that is most noticeable in the political history of the colonies and states of South Africa' down to the first annexation of the Transvaal in 1877. The work is concise and unbiassed, and should be suitable as a 'reader' for educational classes and manual for schools (Mendessohn II, p.106). SAB III, p.553
Keywords: Africa South Africa VOC Africa
Price: EUR 82.50 = appr. US$ 89.66 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 35005
- Book number: 35005