Author: Colvile, Zélie.
Title: ROUND THE BLACK MAN’S GARDEN.
Description: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1893. 1st Ed. [xvi] + 344pp. Port. frontis., 31 full page plates, 20 text ills., 2 folding maps with 1 in pocket at rear. Light age toning, tear to map pocket repaired to verso, sm. waterstain to leading corner of front e.ps., original black lettered light blue cloth lettered in red and illus. in black to upper board, light soiling and marking, red stain to lower leading corner of lower board, bevelled edges, spine sl. chipped, corners sl. rubbed. ¶ Author’s Presentation Copy, inscribed to half title - ‘Lynn Stivens - Mes souvenir sincere et plein de reconnassance de l'Autheur. Zélie Colvile. le 1st Juillet 1893.’ Robinson p.207; Theakstone pp.58-59. ‘Zélie Isabelle Colville (1864-1930) was an aristocratic, class-conscious, sheltered woman of her time and place. Accompanied by her husband Major-General Henry E. Colville, she circumnavigated Africa. The trip was marked by hardship, sickness, even danger, but as her husband wrote, "If she is as good at writing as she is at roughing it, we have a treat before us." Indeed! She describes Africans and Europeans—their clothing and manner, with a close eye for the personal detail and a tolerant sense of humor. Landscapes, towns, and cities come alive with 52 illustrations based on the author’s photographs and sketches. The journey, taken on doctors’ advice to "winter in a warm climate," began in September 1888 and lasted eight months, taking the couple down the Red Sea, across Madagascar, around the Cape and back up Africa’s west coast.’ Smithsonian Libraries.

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; AFRICA


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