Author: JOUBERT, PIETER J. (1831-1900),
Title: Transvaal. De Lijdensgeschiedenis van de Hollandsche Kaapbewoners onder Engelsche Heerschappij. Een aan Hare Majesteit Koningin Victoria opgedragen vlugschrift van den Vice president der Transvaalsche Republiek generaal P.J. Joubert. [First dutch language edition, franslated from the original engli
Description: Rotterdam, G. Delwel & Co., [..], 1899. 8°. Original printed wrappers. 32pp. Double page monochrome lithographed map illustrating the Transvaal War theatre. captioned monochrome frontispiece, portrait of General Joubert. large monochrome cartoon printed on ti.-p., repeated and captioned on page 312 captioned monochrome plates illustrating various Boer troops by foot and on horseback, 1 captioned monochrome woodcut plate illustrating Majuba Hill a decisive battle, February 27, 1881 of the first Boer war, a resounding victory for the Boers. 9 captioned monochrome woodcut portraits illustrating Paul Kruger, Jan Hendrik Hofmeijer, Dutch language brochure, dedicated to H.M. Victoria, Queen of England, a plea to end the brutal oppression and butchering of the Transvaal Boer civil population, which includes a concise history of the first Boer war. Submitted by General and Vice-President of Transvaal Pieter Joubert. An interesting brochure, with strong anti-british tendence. Good to very good and clean copy. (original spine replaced by a modern cloth strip).

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