INVENTORY #142616
Hottentot Corn-Threshing from Kolben; Hottentot Marriage from Kolben
CHILD, G., Sculpt.?
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Single page from "The Universal Traveller: Or, A Compleat Description Of the several Nations of the World" by Mr. Salmon, printed for Richard Baldwin, London, 1759. Shows people using horses to thresh corn, as well as a local wedding, with wife (?) standing inside circle of people. Originally in Peter Kolben's "The Present State of the Cape of Good Hope" (1741).
Publication Info
- Publisher: n/a
- Edition: n/a
- Date Published: 1759
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Near fine
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
One-sided 23 x 38 cm page with b&w side-by-side copperplate engravings. Plate 204, No. 116, Vol. 2, p. 415.