Author: Kolbe, Peter = Peter Kolb (1675-1726); N. Krueger, Jacob Schuebler, artists; W.P. Kilian, Joseph von Montalegre, M. Renz , etchers; Lavington, provenance
Title: Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum, Das Ist, Vollständige Beschreibung Des Africanischen Vorgegürges Der Guten Hofnung : Worinnen in Dreyen Theilen Abgehandelt Wird Wie Es Heut Zu Tage Nach Seiner Situation Und Eigenschaft Aussiehet : Ingleichen Was Ein Natur-Forscher in Den Dreyen Reichen Der Natur Daselbst Findet : Wie Nicht Weniger Was Die Eigenen Einwohner Die Hottentotten Vor Seltsame Sitten Und Gebräuche Haben : Und Endlich Alles, Was Die Europaeischen Daselbst Gestifteten Colonien Anbetrift : Mit Angefügter Genugsamer Nachricht Wie Es Auf Des Auctoris Hinein- Und Heraus- Reise Zugegangen : Auch Was Sich Zeit Seiner Langen Anwesenheit an Diesem Vorgebürge Merckwürdiges Ereignet Hat : Nebst Noch Vielen Andern Bisshero Unbekandtgewesenen Erzehlungen Mit Wahrhafter Feder Ausführlich Entworffen... [ Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum, That Is, a Complete Description of the African Region of Good Hope: Which Is Dealt with in Three Parts As to What It Looks Like Today According to Its Situation and Characteristics: Just Like What a Natural Researcher Finds There in the Three Kingdoms of Nature: Like No Less What the Hottentots' Own Inhabitants Have in Front of Strange Customs and Customs: And Finally Everything That Concerns the European Colonies Founded There: With Sufficient Information Attached About How Things Happened on the Author's Journey in and out: Also What Happened at the Time During His Long Presence on This Foothills, Something Strange Happened: Along with Many Other Previously Unknown Stories, Written in Detail with a True Pen].]. First Edition
Description: Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monath, 1719. Folio. 21.5 x 34.3cm. Contemporary catspaw calf, rebacked preserving original gilt-tooled spine with red morocco label, marbled edges; Dutch patterned endpapers (front free endpaper replaced with handmade marbled paper). Half-title, engraved portrait of the author, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 23 engraved plates, one double-page engraved map, small hole with loss of a few letters to final 4 leaves of index, ) [Mendelssohn I, p.842], folio (345 x 210mm.).. Footnotes SCARCE FIRST EDITION of "one of the first works in German devoted entirely to the Cape region of South Africa.. Aware of the conflicting information promulgated by many Europeans, Kolb recorded his voyages in part 'to oblige the learned and curious part of the world with a useful and entertaining history of a country and people, of whom we have had hitherto such various and uncertain accounts'" (Howgego). Kolbe (1675-1726) lived at the Cape from 1705 till 1713, and based his account on first hand experience..FIRST EDITION. Kolbe lived and worked at the Cape from 1705 till 1713, and decribes in his Caput bonae spei hodiernum South Africa, and the Cape of Good Hope including its geography, climate, flora and fauna, followed by an interesting and accurate account of the Hottentots based on the author's first hand experience, recording their language, religion, education and customs. This edition was followed by the French edition Description du Cap de Bonne-Esperance.. Amsterdam, 1742...OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 51407544: Physical Description: [18], 846, [82] pages, 17 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, map, portrait ; 34 cm Provenance: Lavington bookplate. .

Keywords:


See more books from our catalog: Books