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187457813New York: Harper & Brothers publishers Franklin Square 1874. First American edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 559 1; x 521 1 6 ads; 25 wood-engraved plates by J. D. Cooper folding map outlined in color of Dr. Schweinfurth's discoveries in central Africa approx. 12" x 17"; plus 1 other map and a tinted lithograph plate of the Phenomenon of the 17th of May 1869; original pictorial terracotta cloth stamped in gilt; some wear and rubbing the binding a little spotted but a very good sound copy; title pages with the small and faint previous owner's name stamp of George R. Brush M.D. U.S. Navy who served as a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894. Winwood Reade's introduction notes that ".out of a host of men who have attempted to penetrate Africa from north to south only two have achieved success. The first and foremost of these is Sir Samuel Baker; the second is Dr. G.A. Schweinfurth . who submitted to the Royal Academy of Science a plan for the botanical exploration of the equatorial districts lying west of the Nile . During three years he was absent in the heart of Africa and even before he had returned his name had already become famous in Europe and America. "Travelling not in the footsteps of Baker but in a westerly direction he reached the neighbourhood of Baker's lake passing through the country of the Niam-Niam and visiting the unknown kingdom of Monbuttoo . a scientific botanist and also an accomplished draughtsman . In a geographical sense this work is of importance as a contribution to the problem of the Nile; and ethnologically it sets at rest a point which has long been under dispute viz. the existence of a dwarf race in Central Africa." <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square hardcover books
186852527London: Cassell Petter and Galpin 1868. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 397 1 2 ads; 8 wood-engraved plates; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; binding a bit soiled and small cracks at the spine extremities but generally a very good sound copy. <br/><br/> Cassell, Petter, and Galpin hardcover books
176347346Paris: Ches Guillyn 1763. First edition. 3 figures and a folding map. xxxvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Quarter modern vellum gilt spine uncut. Fine. First edition. 3 figures and a folding map. xxxvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Nicolas Louis De La Caille 1713-62 an eminent French mathematician and astronomer arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on March 30 1751 and began a study of the parallax of the moon. In this diary he gives descriptions of Rio Janeiro the Cape Bourbon and Ascension. De La Caille's account of the Hottentot and other customs and societies dissented from and superseded Kolbe's narrative although he made almost as great errors as his predecessor. However after the publication of this journal by De La Caille Kolbe was no longer considered a standard author on the topic. See Theal History of South Africa 1691-1795. Mendelssohn I p. 434; for de la Caille: Dictionary of Scientific Biography VII pp. 542-545 Ches Guillyn unknown books
188957805Washington: James C. Dunn later: American Colonization Society 1889. An incomplete and disparate run and with a major gap 1851-1870 88 issues in all volumes 16-18 in a bound volume but without a front cover the rest in wrappers; a few wrappers missing a few defective a number loose but present; edge tears chips and curls. Condition ranges from fair to very good. Included are volumes 14 1838 nos. 1-10 12; volume XV 1839 no.1-3 5-6 8-9 11 14-18; volume 16 1840 nos. 1 4-16 18 21 23-24; volume 17 1841 nos. 1-8; volume 18 1842 nos. 3-4 9-10 15-18 20 22-24; volume 26 1850 nos. 10-11big gap; volume 47 1871 nos. 1 11; volume 50 1874 nos. 1-4 8-9; volume 51 1875 no. 2; volume 53 1876 nos. 2-4; volume 54 1878 nos. 2-4; volume 57 1881 nos. 6-8; volume 59 1883 nos. 3-4; volume 64 1888 no. 4; volume 65 1889 nos. 2-4. Much on Liberia abolition slavery the Amistad case African colonization African languages etc. The African Repository and Colonial Journal title simplified in 1850 to African Repository was the official publication of the American Colonization Society which supported the migration of free American Blacks to Africa specifically to its colony of Liberia. It began publication in 1825 and ceased in 1892 and is a primary source for the early history of Liberia. <br/><br/> James C. Dunn [later: American Colonization Society] unknown books
186352654London: Tinsley Bros 1863. First edition 2 volumes in 1 small 8vo pp. iii-viii 2 303 1; 4 295 1; frontispiece and a folding map; bound without the half-titles in contemporary half tan calf gilt-lettered spine; moderately rubbed else very good. Penzer pp. 71-2; Casada 70. <br/><br/> Tinsley Bros unknown books
18921078New York: Joseph Sabin 1892. First Edition First Printing. Three quarter leather. Very good . A very good plus first edition small paper copy. One of 525 copies issued. These are the works published in Sabin's lifetime. Signed by Joseph Sabin with original signed receipt from Sabin. Mixed set: small paper copy and stiff wraps on vol 20 all bound into three quarter leather with marbled boards and gilt accents.Bound by The University of Chicago Press. Moderate wear to crown foot and corners on various volumes. Top edge gilt. One volume has bent pages from poor shipping practice book edges pressed into one another. Marbled endpapers. On laid paper.Text is clean and bright. Vols. 1-19 "Edition 525 copies 8vo . and 110 copies on large paper." Publication was suspended from 1892 to 1927 when it was resumed with the parts numbered continuously with the last issued in 1892 Suspended with pt. CXV/CXVI v. 20 pt. 1/2 1892; This set shipped at actual cost. Joseph Sabin hardcover books
184452515London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1844. Second and best edition with an added 50-page introduction; 3 volumes 8vo lxviii 419 1 32 ads; xii 425 1 2 ads; xii 432 32 ads; 3 lithograph frontispieces 2 tinted 1 hand-colored chromolithograph dedication leaf 3 engraved vignette title pages engraved folding map; nice copy in original blindstamped brown cloth gilt lettering on spine. Abbey Travel 290; Czech Africa p. 72: "Harris and several other British officers and diplomats were sent to open trade relations with the then virtually unknown Kingdom of Shoa. The journey through the hinterland of the country is described in great detail as are the cultures of the various cities that were visited. While this is truly an epic of travel and exploration there are two sporting incidents of note with a huge buffalo bagged near the Casam River and elephants taken in Galla country." <br/><br/> Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans hardcover books
181454002London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1814. Frontispieces & Plates. 2 vols. 4to. Recently bound in half brown calf and marbled boards spine labels gilt. Ex-library with small perforated stamp on title pages some browning of leaves. A very attractive set. Frontispieces & Plates. 2 vols. 4to. Pinkerton's collection of voyages was published over the course of six years in a total of seventeen volumes. The six volumes devoted to Europe comprise the largest section of the collection. They are "of great value for its texts which are sometimes given entire and sometimes abridged with as much as possible of the traveler's own language" Hill. <br/><br/>Pinkerton was something of a character. Having apprenticed to an Edinburgh solicitor upon the death of his father and receipt of his inheritance he immediately turned his back to a legal career and dedicated himself to literary matters. Through his works as a historian poet and playwrite he made friendships with the likes of Horace Walpole Walter Scott and Edward Gibbon and through his controversial religious views and short temper he eventually lost them. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme unknown books
186452523London: Tinsley Brothers 1864. Second edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvii 3 7-386; vi 413 1; wood-engraved frontispiece in each volume; original dark purple cloth gilt-stamped on upper cover gilt lettering direct on spine; both spines sunned and spotted back cover of vol. I also spotted; all else very good and sound. In 1863 Burton went to Dahomey as a representative of the British government to persuade the King to stop his participation in the slave trade and human sacrifice. For the first edition see Spink 31; Penzer pp. 72-74; and Casada 47: "Thanks in part to the sensational nature of its subject matter this is one of the better known of Burton's works on Africa." <br/><br/> Tinsley Brothers hardcover books
164421312Romae: Andree Phaei 1644. 4to pp. 18 93 1; engraved vignette title page 4 engraved plates 2 folding 1 double-p. 12 woodcuts in the text 1 hand-colored; bound with as issued: Romano De antiquis Romanorum ritibus Rome 1644 pp. 10 95-269 20; engraved vignette title page 10 engraved plates 2 folding 1 double-p. 2 double-p. and folding 18 woodcuts in the text; bound with: Romano De veteribus christianorum ritibus Rome 1645 engraved title page pp. 18 496 71; 6 engraved plates 1 double-p. 1 folding 1 folding and double-p. 8 woodcuts in the text; printer's woodcut device on the final leaf; bound in contemporary limp vellum front hinge broken the whole rubbed and worn internally very good. Graesse p. 59; Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 120. <br/><br/> Andree Phaei hardcover books
191352528London: Macmillan and Co 1913. First edition 8vo pp. xv 1 379 1 6 ads; folding table giving particulars of 25 felled elephants 27 photographic illustrations on 16 plates; some rubbing at the extremities otherwise a very good copy in original red cloth gilt-lettered spine. Czech Africa p. 156: "A pre-eminent elephant hunting title this details Stigand's big game hunting efforts primarily in British East Africa North Eastern Rhodesia Nyasaland and the Lado Enclave." <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co hardcover books
183952178London: printed for private circulation only by J. L. Cox and Sons 1839. 4to pp. 8 213; engraved frontispiece 2 other engraved plates; original brown cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover and spine; covers dampstained and the yellow-coated endpapers possibly renewed; all else very good and sound. The book was posthumously published. Having previously travelled in Italy Poland Russia Arabia Palestine Syria Canada and the United States Davidson 1797-1836 visited Fez and Marrakesh in Morocco and was on his way to Timbuktu when he was ambushed robbed and shot dead. His expedition continued onward to Timbuktu but were never heard from again. The interesting appendix contains extracts from letters written by Davidson and others to the Royal Geographical Society various locations in Morocco and the Sahara. See Howgego 1800-1850 D-4 p. 159 for details. <br/><br/> printed for private circulation only [by] J. L. Cox and Sons hardcover books
188752601London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Livingston 1887. Second edition of volume I first edition of volume II; 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 2 316; viii 2 318; mounted albumen frontispiece portrait by H. S. Mendelssohn folding map printed in color 20 wood-engraved plates plus other wood engravings in the text; slightly later full green crushed levant gilt monogram of Henry Arthur Johnstone and gilt tools exposed sewing thongs at inner corners of covers t. e.g. pigskin endpapers with Johnstone's nautical ex-libris stamped in brown on the front free endpaper and dated 1899; light rubbing at extremities all else near fine. The library of Henry Arthur Johnstone which contained a large proportion of books on natural history was sold en bloc to the London bookseller Clements in 1921 and thence dispersed. Mendelssohn I p. 812-3: "The work is an important contribution to the history of exploration in South-Equatorial Africa and contains an excellent account of the physical features of these regions and of their fauna inhabitants &c." <br/><br/> Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Livingston unknown books
189452719London: Longmans Green and Co 1894. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xx 435 1; xii 397 1; 2 large folding color maps both with short tears near the stubs the second incorporating 3 inset maps 179 illustrations in the text a number full-page; contemporary full red polished calf gilt supralibros on the upper covers of the Boston School and with Boston School prize bookplates in each volume; lightly rubbed; very good. Czech Africa p. 78: "An excellent work of exploration and sport this scarce set represents African adventure at its finest." <br/><br/> Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
188552532New York: Harper & Bros 1885. First American edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xxvii 1 528; x 483 1 12 ads; 2 large color folding maps in cover pockets 3 folding maps 44 wood-engraved plates plus other wood engravings in the text; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt black red and white on upper covers and spines; spines a little soiled and the extremities lightly rubbed but in all a very good sound copy without any cracking at all of the hinges. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros hardcover books
180415505London: T.Cadell and W. Davies 1804. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. pp. ix 3 632 with 8 plates including frontispiece five of which are hand-colored. Recent full calf with new endpapers original red spine label preserved three armorial ink stamps on the top edge of the text block. Tissue repair to first page of table of contents ocasional foxing and minor soiling in the margins; overall quite clean and sound. "Barrow accompanied Lord Macartney's mission to the court of China in 1792 as his private secretary and the present account.is one of the best illustrated English travels on China. The eight plates are from drawings by William Alexander who also accompanied the embassy and later published his own work. The strict exclusion of Europeans by the Chinese emperors had left China very much terra incognita to the western world well into the nineteenth century. Barrow was an excellent observer and the text contains a number of descriptions and illustrations of Chinese artifacts and novelties. Among these are a plate depicting musical instruments extensive renditions of Chinese melodies in western western notation and a long description with illustration of an abacus" Hill 62. Historian Michael Adas notes that Barrow "interspersed descriptions of his travels and personal experiences with lengthy discussions of varying aspects of Chinese culture.His judgments on the quality of Chinese life and material culture tended to be favorable at the beginning of his residence in China but grew more and more disparaging as time passed." Unlike Jesuit writers who praised the sophistication of Chinese science and culture Barrow argued that a once-great civilization had been on the decline since the fifteenth century providing "an implicit contrast between static past-minded backward China and the continually improving foreward-looking industrializing states of Europe Adas Machines as the Measure of Man pp 179-180. Cox I:346; Cordier 2388. T.Cadell and W. Davies hardcover books
186313920London: Tinsley Brothers 1863. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes in the rarest binding state without Burton's name or FRGS on the spines but with a "second edition" slug on the title pages. This state was apparently unknown to Penzer and was probably the result of an attempt to boost sales by the publisher as the text is unchanged. Plate of Julu house is the frontispiece to Volume I and the map now detached and laid in is in Volume II. . Both volumes lightly bumped/rubbed but clean and sound. Small bookplate of F.H. Spencer on each front pastedown. Much to his dismay Burton's first consular posting landed him on a small desolate island off the coast of West Africa. He took every opportunity to leave the place exploring various parts of the mainland and making observations on cultural and traditions health and sanitary conditions and slavery among other things. The account of his journeys into Sierra Leone and Nigeria to investigate stories of gold and gold mining is credited with drawing public attention to mining prospects in the region. Penzer 71-72; Casada 70. Tinsley Brothers hardcover books
182623980London: John Murray 1826. First edition 4to 2 volumes in 1; pp. x 2 xi-xlviii i.e. lxviii 335 1; 4 269 1; 38 engraved plates and maps 1 folding and backed with linen 1 hand-colored 6 wood-engraved vignettes in the text; half brown morocco over marbled cloth rebacked old gilt-decorated spine neatly laid down; very good sound copy. Denham 1786-1828 made extensive and important explorations in Africa. When he accompanied Bornuese troops in an expedition against the Fellatah they were put to utter rout and only Denham escaped with his life "after encountering dangers and deprivations his narrative of which reads like a frenzied dream.The work which went through several editions has numerous illustrations from sketches by the author together with an Appendix of Natural History and other notes" DNB. He was later appointed lieutenant-governor of the colony of Sierra Leone where he died of the African fever. Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 172. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
47326N.d. ca 1970s. Original large-format color print in presentation mat with title card affixed to mat below image. View size 49cm x 38cm ca 19" x 15"; overall dimensions 60cm x 51cm. Title card inscribed in black ink: "For Bob MacNeal a fellow photographer with best wishes / Arnold Newman" undated. Mat lightly soiled with a few small chips and abrasions to extremities; image clean and unfaded Near Fine. ca<br/><br/>NOTE: the mat appears permanently fixed to the photograph as presented by the photographer; we have not attempted to examine the print outside the mat. Impressive large-format portrait by Newman here inscribed to one "Bob MacNeal" identified as a "fellow photographer" though we can find no photographers of the period who used this spelling. Possibly a misspelling of Bob MacNeil still active the prominent Canadian fashion photographer; possibly a misspelling of Bob McNeill d.2007 the prominent African-American documentary photographer; or possibly the correct spelling of an acquaintance of no notable prominence at all. Undated but ca. early 1970s a superlative image of the Ethiopian Emperor boldly inscribed and signed by Newman below image. unknown books
186352623London: Tinsley Bros 1863. First edition 2 volumes small 8vo pp. viii 2 303; 6 295; folding map frontispiece in volume II; very slight rubbing but still a fine bright copy largely unopened in original purple-brown cloth author's name and title gilt-lettered direct on spine. This is the second state of the binding with Burton's name on the spine. Penzer pp. 71-2; Casada 70. <br/><br/> Tinsley Bros hardcover books
1728BOOKS00671225144 contents and errata2 pages with 2 folding maps lacks frontispiece. Small Quarto 10" x 7 3/4". Rebacked in the 19th century leather retaining the original spine with raised bands and gilt decorative stamping and lettering to spine. Translated from the original Portuguese manuscripts by Jackim le Grande. First edition.<br /><br />Born in Lisbon he entered the Order of Jesus at the age of sixteen. In 1621 he was ordered as a missionary to India and in 1622 he arrived at Goa. With the intention of proceeding to Abyssinia whose Negus emperor Segued had been converted to Roman Catholicism by Pedro Páez he left India in 1624. He disembarked on the coast of Mombasa and attempted to reach his destination through the Galla country but was forced to return. In 1625 he set out again accompanied by Mendez the patriarch of Ethiopia and eight missionaries. The party landed on the coast of the Red Sea and Lobo settled in Abyssinia as superintendent of the missions in Tigre. He remained there until death deprived the Catholics of their protector the emperor Segued. Forced by persecution to leave the kingdom in 1634 Lobo and his companions fell into the hands of the Turks at Massawa who sent him to India to procure a ransom for his imprisoned fellow-missionaries. In this he was successful but could not induce the Portuguese viceroy to send an armament against Abyssinia. Intent upon accomplishing this cherished project he embarked for Portugal and after he had been shipwrecked on the coast of Natal and captured by pirates arrived at Lisbon. Neither at this city however nor at Madrid and Rome was any countenance given to Lobo's plan. He accordingly returned to India in 1640 and was elected rector and afterwards provincial of the Jesuits at Goa. After some years he returned to his native city and died there January 29 1678.<br /><br />Lobo wrote an account of his travels in Portuguese which appears never to have been printed but is deposited in the monastery of St. Roque Lisbon. Balthazar Telles made large use of the information therein in his Historia geral da Ethiopia a Alta Coimbra 1660 often erroneously attributed to Lobo see Machado's Bibliotheca Lusitana. Lobo's own narrative was translated from a manuscript copy into French in 1728 by the Abbe Joachim le Grand under the title of Voyage historique d'Abissinie. In 1669 a translation by Sir Peter Wyche of several passages from a manuscript account of Lobo's travels was published by the Royal Society translated in Melchisédech Thévenot<i>Relation des voyages</i> in 1673. An English abridgment of Le Grand's edition by Dr. Johnson was published in 1735 reprinted 1789. In a <i>Mémoire justificatif en réhabilitation des pères. Pierre Paëz et Jérôme Lobo</i> Dr. C. T. Beke maintains against Bruce the accuracy of Lobo's statements as to the source of the Abai branch of the Nile. See A. de Backer <i>Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus</i> edited by C. Sommervogel iv. 1893.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Old stamp and inscription on title page first folding map conspicuously restored second map tear restored else a very good copy notes to front end paper in period pen else about very good. La Veuve d'Antoine-Urbain Co hardcover books
188352639London: Chatto & Windus 1883. First edition small 8vo 2 volumes pp. xii 2 354 2 32 Chatto & Windus ads; vi 381 3; 2 folding maps chromolithograph frontispiece in vol. II a few illustrations in the text; original decorative red cloth stamped in red and black; spines soiled and spine extremities chipped; cloth a little soiled; good and sound. Penzer p. 106-7; Casada 65: "The work was an outgrowth of the trip Burton made with Cameron who was the first European to cross central Africa 1873-75 to explore the Kong Mountains and search for gold in the valley of the Ancobra River . Burton wrote virtually all of the first volume and much of the second although Cameron was an accomplished literary hand in his own right." <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
186129188Cape Town: Saul Solomon 1861. Quarto. xii 180 pp. plus photographically illustrated titlepage and sixteen mounted albumen photographs. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt with leather label. Light scattered foxing occasional faint offsetting from images. Photographs generally clean. Very good.<br/> <br/>With some of the earliest photographic images from South Africa with a striking portrait of a Basuto Chief.<br/> <br/>An early photographically illustrated book and the first such book printed on the African continent. The volume was made to commemorate the visit of Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha one of Queen Victoria's sons. The book was designed to showcase the colony which had hitherto been viewed in a less than positive light by the general British public. Prince Alfred was well-received by the colonists in South Africa and the volume contains many positive facts about the colony's usefulness to the British Empire. The book includes seventeen images by photographer Joseph Kirkman who was active in South Africa from 1859 to 1870. Some of the images in this volume are photographs of drawings or other artwork but others do capture live scenes along the Prince's route including a grand portrait of the African chief Moshesh and his advisors. The chief is pictured seated in the center of the image dressed in a top hat and suit holding a cane. The man seated next to him glowers at the camera and is draped in an animal pelt and holds a spear. Four men all in Western dress stand arrayed behind them. The images taken from life during the Prince's progress are as follows: Untitled image on the titlepage showing several men next to a rail car full of large rocks. In 1860 Kirkman and Frederick York were employed by the Government and the Harbour Board to photograph the tilting of the first truck of stone off the Breakwater by Prince Alfred. This is presumably an image from that scene. Graham's Town from the West The Reception of the Prince by a Burgher Escort near Queenstown The Prince's Interview with the Tambookies Moshesh and His Counsellors The Prince and His First Wildebeeste The Prince's Travelling Equipage A rare and interesting work and notable for being the first photographically illustrated book produced in Africa.<br/> <br/>Not in The Truthful Lens. Saul Solomon unknown books
1861WRCAM49581ACape Town: Saul Solomon 1861. xii180pp. plus photographically illustrated titlepage and sixteen mounted albumen photographs. Quarto. Original publisher's gilt cloth rebacked with most of original spine laid down. Corners lightly worn. Contemporary ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Light foxing and toning heavier in some places. Most images clean though one or two with some light foxing at the edges. Very good. An early photographically illustrated book and the first such book printed on the African continent. The volume was made to commemorate the visit of Alfred Duke of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha one of Queen Victoria's sons. The book was designed to showcase the colony which had hitherto been viewed in a less than positive light by the general British public. Prince Alfred was well- received by the colonists in South Africa and the volume contains many positive facts about the colony's usefulness to the British Empire. <br> <br> The book includes seventeen images by photographer Joseph Kirkman who was active in South Africa from 1859 to 1870. Some of the images in this volume are photographs of drawings or other artwork but others do capture live scenes along the Prince's route including a grand portrait of the African chief Moshesh and his advisors. The chief is pictured seated in the center of the image dressed in a top hat and suit holding a cane. The man seated next to him glowers at the camera and is draped in an animal pelt and holds a spear. Four men all in Western dress stand arrayed behind them. The images taken from life during the Prince's progress are as follows: <br> <br> 1 Untitled image on the titlepage showing several men next to a rail car full of large rocks. In 1860 Kirkman and Frederick York were employed by the government and the Harbour Board to photograph the tilting of the first truck of stone off the Breakwater by Prince Alfred. This is presumably an image from that scene. <br> <br> 2 "Graham's Town from the West" <br> <br> 3 "The Reception of the Prince by a Burgher Escort near Queenstown" <br> <br> 4 "The Prince's Interview with the Tambookies" <br> <br> 5 "Moshesh and His Counsellors" <br> <br> 6 "The Prince and His First Wildebeeste" <br> <br> 7 "The Prince's Travelling Equipage" <br> <br> Not in THE TRUTHFUL LENS. A rare and interesting work and notable for being the first photographically illustrated book produced in Africa. Saul Solomon hardcover books
1861WRCAM49581Cape Town: Saul Solomon 1861. xii180pp. plus photographically illustrated titlepage and sixteen mounted albumen photographs. Quarto. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt leather label. Light scattered foxing occasional faint offsetting from images. Photographs generally clean. Very good. An early photographically illustrated book and the first such book printed on the African continent. The volume was produced to commemorate the visit of Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha one of Queen Victoria's sons. It was designed to showcase the colony which had hitherto been viewed in a less than positive light by the general British public. Prince Alfred was well received by the colonists in South Africa and the volume contains many positive facts about the colony's usefulness to the British Empire. <br> <br> The book includes seventeen images by photographer Joseph Kirkman who was active in South Africa from 1859 to 1870. Some of the images in this volume are photographs of drawings or other artwork but others capture live scenes along the Prince's route including a grand portrait of African chief Moshesh and his advisors. The chief is pictured seated in the center dressed in a top hat and suit holding a cane. The man seated next to him glowers at the camera and is draped in an animal pelt and holds a spear. Four men all in Western dress stand arrayed behind them. The images taken from life during the Prince's progress are as follows: <br> <br> Untitled image on the titlepage showing several men next to a rail car full of large rocks. In 1860 Kirkman and Frederick York were employed by the government and the Harbour Board to photograph the tilting of the first truck of stone off the Breakwater by Prince Alfred. This is presumably an image from that scene. <br> <br> "Graham's Town from the West" <br> <br> "The Reception of the Prince by a Burgher Escort near Queenstown" <br> <br> "The Prince's Interview with the Tambookies" <br> <br> "Moshesh and His Counsellors" <br> <br> "The Prince and His First Wildebeeste" <br> <br> "The Prince's Travelling Equipage" <br> <br> Not in THE TRUTHFUL LENS. A rare and interesting work and notable for being the first photographically illustrated book produced in Africa. Saul Solomon hardcover books
