The Zoological Exploration of Southern Africa, 1650-1790 (inscribed by author) Karger Publisher Place Basel Date

Karger Publisher Place Basel Date Published 1972 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Fine Condition Description A fine copy

lettered in green and black on the spine and front cover

5 full page lithographs of minerals

discoloration from previous framing on page margins

lettered in gold on the spine

The Zoological Exploration of Southern Africa, 1650-1790 (inscribed by author) Karger Publisher Place Basel DatePp. xii , 368; 16 full page color plates, 165 black and white text figures. Publishers original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to. This book gives details on four collections of more than 300 bird and mammal drawings made by the following explorers: The Forsters, Robert Jacob Gordon, Francis Masson, Anders Sparrman, Carl Peter Thunberg, William Paterson and Francois Levaillant. Warmly inscribed by the author,