Second Voyage dans l'Interieur de l'Afrique par le Cap de Bonne-Esperance dans les Annees 1783, 84 et 85

8vo [20 x 13 cm]; 3 volumes, xliv, 304 [ii, errata]; 426, [ii, errata]; [iv], 525, [ii, errata sheet] pp, 22 fine engraved plates including many folding. contemporary full tree calf, gilt spine title lettering on leather labels, lower edges worn, light dampstain on some leaves, spine a bit rubbed but a very good sound and clean set, with all the half-titles. A picture of this book is available upon request Mendelssohn, I, 892, 889, 890: 'His description is unique for this period, as little information respecting these regions had been published up to this date'. Mendelssohn claims the first edition was in 1796, An 4 of the republic, which was issued with a map, not issued in this earlier edition. The second expedition was to Namaqualand, Damaraland, Bechcuanaland and the Kalahari Desert. It provides an interesting and early narrative of South Africa at a time when it was little known. The plates, including of giraffe and of hippopotamus, which were little known then, the local people, and several views . Wood 433, 434. His many references to birds and animals became useful primary sources for many later works by other authors. A classic work on African travel.