Description of the Cape of Good Hope with the matters concerning it. Amsterdam 1726 / Beschryvinge van Kaap der Goede Hoope, met de zaaken daar toe behoorende, door Francois Valentyn, 1726. Part I
by Valentyn, Francois
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0620000562
- ISBN 13
- 9780620000567
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1971) 0620000562. Van Riebeeck Society Second Series No 2. Part One only is offered here. 8vo; original brown cloth; pp. xviii + 367 + (10); plates; maps (including folding). Parallel text in Dutch and English (introduction in Afrikaans and English). Cloth partially sunned; bottom fore-corners a little turned; earlier owner's book label to front free endpaper; endpapers and edges a bit foxed. Good to very good condition. Description of visits to the Cape of Good Hope between the years 1685 and 1714. .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12202
- Title
- Description of the Cape of Good Hope with the matters concerning it. Amsterdam 1726 / Beschryvinge van Kaap der Goede Hoope, met de zaaken daar toe behoorende, door Francois Valentyn, 1726. Part I
- Author
- Valentyn, Francois
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0620000562
- ISBN 13
- 9780620000567
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1971) 0620000562
- This edition first published
- 1971
- Keywords
- South Africa. Cape of Good Hope. Dutch Colonies. Travel and Exploration Cape
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cape;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...